While this has happened on numerous occasions, this is the

Yahoo! ^ | Thu May 29, 4:32 PM ET | Maggie Fox

[Lusis]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A computer has been trained to "read" people's minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words, researchers said on Thursday.

They hope their study, published in the journal Science, might lead to better understanding of how and where the brain stores information.

This might lead to better treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities, said Tom Mitchell of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who helped lead the study.

"The question we are trying to get at is one people have been thinking about for centuries, which is: How does the brain organize knowledge?" Mitchell said in a telephone interview.

"It is only in the last 10 or 15 years that we have this way that we can study this question."

[Lusis]

It's a brave new world folks.

[Lusis]

Whoops, I jacked-up the title of this post. it should read "Computer trained to "read" mind images of words"

Can the mods please fix this?

[Republic_of_Secession.]

I can also already imagine this technology being abused for political reasons as well.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Part of airport security scans of the future.

[Nathan Zachary]

"They hope their study, published in the journal Science, might lead to better understanding of how and where the brain stores information.
This might lead to better treatments for language disorders and learning disabilities, said Tom Mitchell of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who helped lead the study.

Not Likely. What IS likely is that it will lead to better equipment for the "thought police".

[Caipirabob]

"We know you voted republican... "

[Terabitten]

Somebody look up Dr. Mindbender’s Brain Scanner from the old GI Joe comics. This is the exact premise of that machine.