Human-computer coupling

"Man-machine coupling," effecting the transfer of a human's thoughts, movements, and feelings to a computer, remains a challenge today. Alas, the 1960's reigning belief in the use of control theory for directly coupling us to machines and removing the need for "teams of programmers" has not provided the solution, although control theory has been of great use in the development of new technologies. Instead, teams of programmers are still necessary for enabling machines to interpret the signals that carry human communication. Such teams appear to be growing, not shrinking, in the coming decade.