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Scientists Discover What You Are Thinking
neurospace writes "Caltech scientists have successfully decoded movement plans from the brains of awake humans. This work has direct application to the development of a neural prosthesis, a brain-machine interface that will give paralyzed people the ability to move and communicate simply using their thoughts. The lead scientist on this project will be interviewed on Sunday, March 20, on the SETI Institute's weekly radio show, 'Are We Alone?'"
Because everytime I get the urge to come here, a new story is freshly up.
We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic man.
Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before.
Better . . . stronger . . . faster.
- Julio
"two pennies of your thoughts"
"humm"
EWGAD *slap*
please think of the humanity and patent this quick
There are no atheists when recovering from tape backup.
...giant robots are much cooler and also possible with this technology. Bring me my EVA, please.
Scientists may record what I am thinking, but it won't be free, and they can only pass it on to a maximum of 3 other scientists.
However the effort required to sign up for these DRM'ed thoughts involves signing up to all sorts of "special deals", hurdles, traps - god forbid anyone actually read the license.
The quality of these DRM'ed thoughts may also be substandard.... but hey, at least those drunk ramblings will be legit!
"Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day!" - Alfred E. Neuman
Oh shyte, here comes the return of the tin-hat men!
is this nintendo's "revolution"? doubt it but this open up many possibilities I would be afraid to use it for driving... I see someone attractive walking on the side of the road and the car turns towards her and runs her over! would be useful for entertainment though, in addition to helping people with physical disabilities of course...
Free electronics!
Only if the victim is paralyzed and you use this to let him point out the suspect.
But this is still far from being real "thought reading".
I knew you would say that.
** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
I think he ran out of tin foil and is beginning to panic.
I knew you would think that you knew he would say that.
Also your obsession with small dogs in raincoats is getting out of hand.
This is all great, but the REAL question we are all asking: Do Tinfoil Hats block this thing?
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
What's wrong with stickign a fish in your ear?
Scientists Discover What You Are Thinking
They have suceeded where my girlfriend failed.
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> Scientists discover what you are thinking.
Yup. Titties and beer. Alternatively beer and titties. It all depends on how long it's been since my last beer.
Speaking of which it's fridge time ! No wait my g/f just went past. No she's going out, so it's definitely fridge time.
Sky subscribers are morons. They pay to be advertised at !
A man gets a bionic arm to replace the one he lost in an accident. He goes home with the instructions that he only has to think a command to the arm and it will perform. Later he has a call to nature. He goes into the bathroom and thinks, 'Arm, unzip my pants' and the arm does it. Then he thinks, 'Arm, take out my penis' and the arm does. Then he thinks, 'Arm, hold my penis while I pee' and the arm does that too. After he finishes he tries an experiment. 'Arm, stroke my penis' and the arm does. His unit swells and he thinks, 'Arm, jerk it off', and it did leaving him with a bloody stump.
Too lazy to create a sig...
... without leaving my couch! Perfect!
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
Duh!
I, like the rest of the male half of the populace, was thinking "sex".
Now I'm thinking "Duh!", of course, but I was thinking "sex".Wait! OK, now I'm thinking "sex" again.
You were 80% angel, 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. - Over The Rhine
"Math in a song is good."-Linford
Am I the only one who thinks this headline sounds like it came from The Onion?
In the future, all spacecraft will be made of cheese.