Microsoft CEO Nadera
Although Microsoft spent a lot of time pushing up revenue, the Microsoft Research Institute established in 1991 is still a key area of the company. As of June last year, 32% of Microsoft's 124,000 employees are engaged in product development.
Nadella talked about how to use brain technology to help different groups. He mentioned Seeing AI, an application that helps the blind to understand what is in front of him. He also said that the company is helping people with locked-in syndrome, This neurological disorder causes people to communicate only through eye movements.
'How do you give language to them, because it involves how to detect brain activity.' Nadella said. In fact, Nadra's son is blind and suffers from cerebral palsy.
Last year, Facebook also said it was looking for ways to connect the brain to the computer. Nueralink, the startup company of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, also hopes to develop a brain-computer interface.
Previous reports have reported that Microsoft employees want to apply for a patent for a system and take actions based on brain input activities. However, this research does not indicate whether Microsoft will launch related products in the short term.
But Nadella was very pleased with the resources that Microsoft had invested in the research. He also said: 'I'm going to have a dinner party for those who are engaged in brain research and are engaged in brain-computer interface research.'