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U.S. Army invests in mind reading gear

by on18 August 2008

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We knew they were thinking that


The U.S.
military is paying its boffins to study ways to read people's thoughts.

The big idea is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals.

Of course, it could also be used to read the mind of any enemy captured and save all that embarrassing torture that the army has to deny doing now. The project is a collaboration among researchers at the University of California, Irvine; Carnegie Mellon University; and the University of Maryland.

The boffins will use brain wave-reading technology known as electroencephalography to measures the brain's electrical activity through electrodes placed on the scalp.

They are looking at telling a volunteer to think of a word chosen by the researchers, who then analyse the brain activity.  This could lead the way to thought recognition software for anyone who does not wear their tin foil hat.
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