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Microsoft Wants To Read Your Brain

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the wetware-blue-screen dept.

Simon Night writes "Microsoft has entered the realm of brain machine interfaces, attempting to patent a method of classifying brain states from EEG input. 'Human beings are often poor reporters of their own actions,' the patent application notes, so reading directly from your brain is a preferred option."

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  1. MicroSoft can have my brains... by Gilmoure · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers!

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    I drank what? -- Socrates
  2. That would sadly be... by rodney+dill · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... a short story.

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    Use your head, can't you, use your head,
    You're on earth, there's no cure for that     - S. Beckett