Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 11:59 GMT
Just don't let 'em watch any looping porno.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 11:59 GMT
"Preference is the basis for everyday decisions"
Which every day? The one where i'm told what to do, or have inescapable duties? I don't remember Toronto being on Planet Libertarian.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 12:21 GMT
http://www.haildavros.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/2008davros012.jpg
Davros already has some kind of 'doofer' squarely attached to his forehead as you can see ;o)
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 12:31 GMT
Probably what you want to eat/drink/wear/buy/say. Or failing all that, what simplistic politics you want to inflict on The Register.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 12:31 GMT
'If we limit the context - limit the question and available answers'
I can predict with 99% accuracy the answer to the question "would you like some free beer"
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 13:10 GMT
My first thought is that this will be an ideal upgrade for Stephen Hawking's computer for when his eye muscle finally gives up... we know his brain works pretty well still!!
However... for years we've been told that mobile phone masts etc are bad for our brains because people have detected a slight increase in brain temperature when near such devices... Now they're suggesting pumping heat directly into the brain to find out how much comes out the other side??? Be prepared for a whole raft of "think of the children"TM
@Colin Millar: depends what sort it is... if it's that namby pamby lager stuff the answer is no thanks; if it's some decent real ale then sure!
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 13:10 GMT
Leonard Cohen has been reading my mind for years.
Mine is the very, very, very black one.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:29 GMT
police interrogation will never be the same, that is for sure. Infact it might not be called an interrogation any longer, it will be more of a "yes/no" questions at the station, with the interrogator being someone who can form those questions.
hey, how about forcing people to wear the headband while going to watch a movie. That way *they* will know if we liked it or not (and even which part we liked and which we didn't).
there are good uses for it.... until the government and big companies get involved. Then it is down the drain for rest us
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:32 GMT
I can think of one application - sit a person of suspicion (ie. every tenth person or any slightly funny looking) in a chair at airport check-in, fit this to their head, and present them with a sequence of images: Osama bin Laden, the American flag, Karl Marx, George Bush, Fidel Castro, etc.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:50 GMT
> "Preference is the basis for everyday decisions," says Sheena Luu of the University of Toronto. "This is the first system that decodes preference naturally from spontaneous thoughts."
Surely not. Google's been doing that for years.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 15:37 GMT
"After a few dummy runs to learn how each individual's brain responded to a given situation..."
isn't that training? Maybe it isn't extensive training, but it's training nonetheless.
Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:21 GMT
I for one would welcome our new mind-reading moose-shooting canoe-paddling tree-felling Canadian overlords. But they already know that.
Posted Wednesday 11th February 2009 19:15 GMT
"by shining infrared light into the brain" ... well at least they don't want to cut it into little chunks first.
Mines the forehead with the perspex plate
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