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Augmentals' $1,400 Mouthpad Turns Your Tongue into a PC Mouse
After about two years of development and a demonstration at CES, Augmentals' mouthpad has finally been released. The mouthpad is an innovative wireless Bluetooth mouse that is controlled by the user's tongue and head movements, enabling hands-free control that was previously only possible with implant surgery.
At $1,400, the mouthpad is certainly not cheap, and a tooth scan is required when ordering for customization, but it is undoubtedly a much less invasive solution for hands-free PC use.
And the device appears to be very precise. Compared to implants like Neuralink, Augmentals claims that the mouthpad's cursor control is on par with them in terms of speed and accuracy. The demonstration video above shows that the mouthpad performs well for precise mouse tasks, and additional demonstration videos on the Augmentals YouTube channel show the mouthpad being used for gaming.
Along with the official release of the mouthpad, Augmentals also announced a voice recognition keyboard called Ox. Worn on the skin, Ox captures sound through the body, allowing users to input text even with very quiet speech.
When used together with the mouthpad, Ox can also determine input based on tongue gestures. Augmentals emphasizes that this feature is not a constant eavesdropping mode but only activates for intentional gestures.
Augmentals' ultimate goal is to enable silent communication through the combination of the mouthpad and Ox. This could be a revolutionary technology for people with non-verbal disabilities or impairments who want to directly control PCs or smart devices without risky brain implant surgery.
The beta version of Ox is priced at just $200, but it will not be shipped until the end of this year. The mouthpad will be shipped within 6 months of ordering, and both products must be ordered directly from Augmentals.
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