Military wants to study mind reading

[babylonsister]

And I'm sure this wouldn't be used on Americans.

Military wants to study mind reading


LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts.

Scientists use electroencephalography, or brain wave-reading technology, to measure brain activity.


The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals. But the research also raises concerns that such mind-reading technology could be used to interrogate the enemy.

Armed with a $4 million grant from the Army, scientists are studying brain signals to try to decipher what a person is thinking and to whom the person wants to direct the message.

The project is a collaboration among researchers at the University of California, Irvine; Carnegie Mellon University; and the University of Maryland.

The scientists use brain wave-reading technology known as electroencephalography, or EEG, which measures the brain's electrical activity through electrodes placed on the scalp.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/15/mind.reading.ap/

[SpiralHawk]

1. "I knew that was going to happen." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Astrologer*

"We republicon occultists have our WAYS with things. Smirk."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Astrologer*


* Courageously channeled by Ye Olde Spirale Hawke, who carefully ingested the requisite 1/2 doz. lemon-creme doughnuts beforehand as a prophylactic to protect his precious bodily fluids before entering the vast netherworld of republicon occultism.

[Greyskye]

2. Again?

Thought they gave up on that about the same time they stopped their LSD/truth serum experiments.

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Resistance is futile." - Republicon Borg of Fascist Occultism

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Why bother? They can already read the minds of politicians to get more money out of them.

Wave flag, erect scary bogeyman, ask for another handout. Works every time.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

5. DID YA EVER HAVE A FEELING THAT THE MILITARY IS THE ENEMY

OH YEAH, AND THE INDUSTRIAL,PRISON COMPLEX

[babylonsister]

6. No shit! Or the evil people behind them. nt

[Monk06]

7. They should get in touch with Presidink Boosh. He can read minds ... and souls ...in Russian too.

[lonestarnot]

8. Well they didn't do so well with Terry Shiavo now did they?

[Monk06]

9. No they didn't know whether TS was sentient. But oddly no body pointed out that her being

self conscious had nothing to do with her right
to life.

George Bush is brain dead but no body is suggesting
he be euthanized.

[jakem]

10. Somehow... I knew that already...

[IDemo]

11. I predict utter failure