[PDF article: Bradut_2011-11_Mind Reading Technologies]
Mind reading is no longer sci-fi and there are already available commercial solutions for this.
For instance, Emotiv (www.emotiv.com) brought to the market a brain-computer interface at affordable prices: a developer kit with headset costs only $300. The applications for this technology are vast, ranging from computer games, to helping disabled people, to converting thoughts into speech.
Here are some articles that relate to different mind-reading applications:
- Amazing ‘brain cap’ lets stroke patients move their limbs using the power of thought (Research at University of Maryland, 2011)
- Artificial limbs controlled by mind power (Duke University in North Carolina, 2003)
- The next step in bionics (Berkeley Bionics, 2011)
- ‘Mind-reading machine’ can convert thoughts into speech (Utah University, 2010)
- Power of the Mind: Breakthrough To Give the Disabled Access to Chinese Language Computing (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HKCU), 2011)
- Emergency brake could be a force of will (Technical University of Berlin, 2011)
- Chip and skin: How hi-tech ‘tattoo’ will monitor patients’ vital signs (University of Wisconsin, 2011)