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Computers may be able to ‘read’ thoughts

By Liz Stoever, on 07-06-2009 23:24

Published in : Tech, Transhumanism

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It sounds like something from a science fiction movie: Sensors are surgically inserted in the brain to understand what you're thinking. Machines that can speak, move or process information — based on the fleeting thoughts in a person's imagination.

But it's not completely fictional. The technology is out there. A researcher in Wisconsin recently announced the ability to "think" updates onto the Twitter website. Locally, researchers at Washington University have developed even deeper ways of tying humans and computers together. For Eric Leuthardt, 36, a neurologist at Washington University Medical School, it's about taking our relationship with computers to the next level.

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