Orwell's Thought Police made real: Mind-reading he
Jul 12, 2012 6:50:51 GMT -5
Post by popcorn on Jul 12, 2012 6:50:51 GMT -5
Orwell's Thought Police made real: Mind-reading helmet invades privacy of the mind 
Recall Orwell’s Thought Police that can invade even private thoughts? Well here they come in the form of a “mind-reading” helmet machine. The maker of this mind-reading technology is Veritas Scientific whose CEO Eric Elbot said, “The last realm of privacy is your mind. This will invade that.” And who is the first customer for the brain-spying device? The U.S. military which plans to use it as a truth-telling technology, but it will eventually be used by “law enforcement, criminal trials and corporate takeovers. Eventually, it will even make its way into cellphone apps for civilians.” Elbot told told IEEE Spectrum, “Certainly it’s a potential tool for evil. If only the government has this device, it would be extremely dangerous.”
The mind-reading helmet is:
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blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/20681/orwells-thought-police-made-real-mind-reading-helmet-invades-privacy-mind
Recall Orwell’s Thought Police that can invade even private thoughts? Well here they come in the form of a “mind-reading” helmet machine. The maker of this mind-reading technology is Veritas Scientific whose CEO Eric Elbot said, “The last realm of privacy is your mind. This will invade that.” And who is the first customer for the brain-spying device? The U.S. military which plans to use it as a truth-telling technology, but it will eventually be used by “law enforcement, criminal trials and corporate takeovers. Eventually, it will even make its way into cellphone apps for civilians.” Elbot told told IEEE Spectrum, “Certainly it’s a potential tool for evil. If only the government has this device, it would be extremely dangerous.”
The mind-reading helmet is:
read more:
blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/20681/orwells-thought-police-made-real-mind-reading-helmet-invades-privacy-mind