Thursday, 22 April 2010

"Japan eyes 'mind-reading' devices, robots by 2020: report"

"Japan plans to develop "mind-reading" robots and consumer electronics that can be controlled by thought alone and hopes to market them within a decade, the Nikkei daily reported Thursday.

The sci-fi like devices would employ so-called brain-machine interface technology, which analyses users' brain waves and brain blood-flow patterns detected through sensor-mounted headsets."

http://www.physorg.com/news191142116.html