Early morning thought

So I woke up with two thoughts in my head and this was the second. I was thinking about interfaces: human interfaces. If the brain is the body's central computer is there a way to translate it's information in the purest form to another computer (not human) and have that information interpreted and used correctly. Long sentence I know. What I'm essentially asking is, is there a way to translate thoughts into accurate information that can be utilized by computers. Put another way, is there a way to create cognitive recognition in much the same way science has created speech recognition?

Is it even necessary for the interface to even recognize the nature of the thought itself or simply be able to recognize a pattern of thought and distinguish it from another pattern of thought as happens with fingerprint or voice recognition? If science can recognize a pattern of electro-impulse signal and play it back to us is that not useful if we recognize the signal transmitted from the machine? If science could go one step further and correctly interpret when a some part of the pattern is a question I think we'd have the greatest technological innovation of all time.

Here's why. If it was possible to monitor cognitive electronic impulses in the brain we could store them in a data base. If it was possible to isolate the part of the pattern that's a question from the part of the pattern that was the subject matter computers could be used to transmit the last occurrence of the pattern that did not contain a "question". In practice, computers could be used to replay recent memories in hopes of providing answers to immediate questions.

Where am I going with this? I'm thinking about Alzheimer's. If it was possible to instantly remind someone of what they have forgotten, perhaps this could help then lead a more normal life. Sure, this would not work with advanced stages where one was constantly forgetting things (as this technology would be an endless loop of questions and answers and probably not enjoyable to live through) but it may work for folks with less severe short-term memory loss. Where did I park the car? Did I leave the oven on?

I know this is just a thought, but one day it would be fabulous if I could communicate these thoughts without effort. Computer assisted telepathy. Of course there will be the issue of privacy (see earlier blog) is these cognitive recognitions can be shared without the owner's permission, but think about the possibilities...

If we can begin to recognize patterns of thought and correctly identify the actual subject and articles, we would have effectively created the ultimate interpreter. People could communicate with each other despite language differences. One step further and people would be able to communicate effectively with animals.

Just a thought...