Posted on 02/07/2016 11:43:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
GETTING INSIDE YOUR HEAD
Mind-reading is often dismissed as nothing more than a charlatan trick, but scientists and researchers are trying to change this 'decoding of the brain' from quack-science to hard science.
Indeed, significant advancements have been made in this area already. And now, University of Washington scientists have developed technology that allows a device to effectively read your mind.
With a combination of brain implants and sophisticated software, the team was able to interpret their subjects' thoughts and extrapolate what their subjects were seeing. Thanks to this study, scientists were able to gain insight into how people are able to translate sensory information from an image into something our minds can comprehend.
In their work, which was published in PLOS Computational Biology, the researchers implanted electrodes for a week in seven epilepsy patients. The electrodes were initially implanted to determine where the seizures were originating, but the scientists saw an opportunity to use them to gather data for research (with patients' permission, of course).
"We were trying to understand, first, how the human brain perceives objects in the temporal lobe, and second, how one could use a computer to extract and predict what someone is seeing in real time?" explained Rajesh Rao, one of the lead authors, in their press release....
(Excerpt) Read more at futurism.com ...
What are the chances that the good that could come of it will outweigh the evil it could and probably will be used for?
A number less than Zero.
Let them try to penetrate my aluminum foil hat!
mark of the beast mark
Absolutely zero. 100% certain of this. No question.
People REALLY will go to jail, for thought crimes.
Hate to say it, but they've been able to do that since 2012.
Stainless steel is what you need.
Ugh. I hate the modern world. This is some BS.
Orwell
Hey, did you hear the one about the dyslexic mind-reader?
She thought it was all about her.
Next step, the hive mind.
WE ARE THE BORG....
doubleplusungood, Winston.
Barack
Obama
Resistance
Group
BORG.
Who is paying for this?
Thanks for the tip! Will take a break from manifesto writing to do headgear upgrades.
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