The brain scan that can read people's intentions
Very conserned: | 27.03.2007 17:38 | Technology | World
Ian Sample, science correspondent
Friday February 9, 2007
The Guardian
The brain scan that can read people's intentions
Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation
Using the technology is 'like shining a torch, looking for writing on a wall'. CT image: Charles O'Rear/Corbis
A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
The research breaks controversial new ground in scientists' ability to probe people's minds and eavesdrop on their thoughts, and raises serious ethical issues over how brain-reading technology may be used in the future.
Friday February 9, 2007
The Guardian
The brain scan that can read people's intentions
Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation
Using the technology is 'like shining a torch, looking for writing on a wall'. CT image: Charles O'Rear/Corbis
A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
The research breaks controversial new ground in scientists' ability to probe people's minds and eavesdrop on their thoughts, and raises serious ethical issues over how brain-reading technology may be used in the future.
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just the tip of the iceberg
27.03.2007 21:19
the extensive report linked there discusses not only 'ordinary' electromagnetic weapons but also this kinda + related stuff. current research mainly done in the us and uk contains not only means to analyze, but also to influence brain activity.
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28.03.2007 00:02
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Old 'New Scientist' rehashed as column filler
28.03.2007 02:52
The very latest story on the NS website is maybe of equal interest here:
'Chernobyl-based birds avoid radioactive nests' -
Some species around the exploded nuclear reactor choose nest sites with lower levels of background radiation, but how they know is a mystery.
(It's maybe the glowing bird skeletons in the nest ?)
But if you are looking for the plot of a sci-fi movie then how about :
France opens up its UFO files
Of the 1600 cases registered since 1954, nearly 25% are classified as "type D", meaning that "despite good or very good data and credible witnesses, we are confronted with something we can't explain"
( Type O means the case is unexplainable as it is too badly typed )
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re "comments": niger uranium, iraqi wmd, al q - saddam . . . .
29.03.2007 18:48
if your mind aint boggled, you aint paying attention
quantum scientist, pre-hiroshima.
these sceptics aint around when you need em