Reading your mind

03/03/09 15:26
'Reading your mind' on last night's 60 Minutes suggested that FMRI Thought Identification would, within the next five years, read your mind. Apparently, neuro-marketers could use this to find out what products we want to buy - they already are! Stroke victims who cannot speak, would be able to communicate their ideas to family and health carers. This could mean that teachers can identify what ideas children have and which direction their thought patterns are going in. I'm excited that this could mean that kids and their teachers are always on the same wave length, but worried about the invasion of privacy this brings with it.

See the 60 Minutes clip
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