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Brain Scanner Can Tell What You're Looking At

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-does-a-scanner-see dept.

palegray.net writes "Wired News brings us an article about brain scanning systems that can accurately tell what you're looking at by analyzing your brain's electrical activity. Using a database constructed of readings taken on test subjects who were shown thousands of photographs, the system works in real time to decipher what you're seeing. Naturally, there are some ethical concerns over some potential applications for this technology. Definitely a new twist on "input devices.""

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  1. urgh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope my girlfriend never know about this.

    1. Re:urgh by EvilNTUser · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't worry. If she needs a brain scanner to determine when you're looking at porn, she'll probably leave you soon anyway.

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  2. Ok brain scanner by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    what type of porn am I looking at now?

    1. Re:Ok brain scanner by Degreeless · · Score: 5, Funny

      The scanner knows and it has alerted the authorities.

    2. Re:Ok brain scanner by coinreturn · · Score: 3, Funny

      what type of porn am I looking at now?

      You're sick. That's clearly goatse you're ogling.

    3. Re:Ok brain scanner by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 5, Funny

      We're not sure. The printout is up to 32 pages so far but they're all filed with the repeated phrase "Turn me off now!" alternated with "Make it stop!"

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      Demented But Determined.
    4. Re:Ok brain scanner by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      All my pages say are "Computer screen," over and over.

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      SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
    5. Re:Ok brain scanner by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

      Judging by your /. ID, the computer guesses medical-testicle-fetish porn.

    6. Re:Ok brain scanner by Bonus_Eruptus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Tranny midgets in fishnets fisting morbidly obese German women.

      It's alright, you'll loop back around to being turned on by chicks in bikinis soon enough, then the treadmill begins again.

  3. My girlfriend can do the same thing... by Evil_Ether · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and it normally ends in pain for me and my wandering eye.

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  4. Re:I love it by Degreeless · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the up side that aluminium foil hat you're wearing might actually keep the government out of your brain for a change.

  5. Patient: What am I looking at now? by notnAP · · Score: 4, Funny
    Doctor: You're looking at the inside of the Brain Scan 3000(TM) scanner.

    NEXT!

    1. Re:Patient: What am I looking at now? by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 2, Funny

      We've come back with the results of the brain scan Mr Brown. Let's see...

      Sex
      Sex
      Sex
      Got an itch
      Sex
      Nurse's cleavage
      Sex
      What do I want for lunch?
      Sex...

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      It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
  6. the goatse art of self defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    -So, Mr. Interrogator, what am I thinking of *now*?

    -Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

  7. Slashdotter subject #4035 brainscan results by Ranger · · Score: 1, Funny

    Boobies.

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    "You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
  8. Re:more than ever - Thought Privacy laws by techpawn · · Score: 2, Funny

    And, if that fails: baseball bats, assault rifles, small nukes...
    Yeah, if all else fails we can nuke it from space... It's the only way to be sure...
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    Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
  9. Grokster. by TheGreatOrangePeel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally. A way to get content driven advertising all the time, everywhere I go. I don't have to sit around online to get pelted with banner ads, anymore.

  10. Excuse me while I ignore the content of your post by thegnu · · Score: 3, Funny

    It doesn't just involve sticking you in a tube and viola a little readout comes out telling you what you were thinking

    I don't know about you, but I would never fit in a viola.
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