The Silent Speaker - Forbes.com

The Silent Speaker - Forbes.com: "NASA researchers can hear what you're saying, even when you don't make a sound.
In space, no one can hear you scream. Use a cell phone on a crowded commuter train and everyone can.

Charles Jorgensen is working to solve both problems, using an uncanny technology called subvocal speech recognition. Jorgensen demonstrates it at his offices at NASA's Ames Research Laboratory in Mountain View, Calif. He attaches a set of electrodes to the skin of his throat and, without his opening his mouth or uttering a sound, his words are recognized and begin appearing on a computer screen. "