Facebook announced the acquisition of the emerging company CTRL Lab specializing in the development of brain control interfaces, for $ 1 billion, according to the site Bloomberg. The startup has developed a special bracelet that allows users to control virtual glyphs based on brain activity only. The bracelet is a model of a new category of devices that do not rely on the keyboard or «mouse», and predicted the site Bloomberg to integrate «Facebook» this technology with augmented reality or VR glasses.

Facebook has been developing a special interface for brain-computer interaction for years, and announced a wearable device at the F8 conference in 2017, which allows users to write by imagining themselves as they speak.

The CTRLL does not read the user's thoughts. It records the fine electrical impulses of its muscle fibers in the arm and translates them into movements on the display. The acquisition of the startup highlights the great difficulties in developing a device that reads brain signals, without the need for surgery, and also comes at an important time. For monopoly, which is a must to keep acquisitions under legal control.

- The bracelet represents a model

About a new category of

Hardware does not support

On the keyboard

Or «mouse».