The days of keeping your thoughts to yourself may be numbered, as scientists in Switzerland have begun developing a machine that can actually read minds. Adapting the same thought-reading technology that allows paralysis victims to type with their brains, the Swiss managed to go a few steps further, creating a helmet that's, uh, totally mental.
The Telepathic Helmet picks up the thoughts of the wearer, sending them to a computer, which writes them out on the monitor. Although the technology isn't perfect — using it while hungry leads to stray thoughts about food getting jumbled in, apparently — it represents a big leap forward in mind-reading tech. Also in the works is getting the helmet to create pictures from thoughts, though the experiments so far can only discern whether the person is thinking about a big bright blur or a big dark blur.
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2 comments:
Fascinating. So much for 'private thoughts'...although in time, there's scope here for some fantastic home movies, don't you think?
Home movies? Wow just just kind of sent a shiver. Reading the thoughts yeah and you notice I dont say but... I look at this creepy helmet and think about fed back to you behind your eyelids. At this moment, the term "home movies" really loses all meaning. Fever dreams maybe....
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