"The more detailed the thought is, the more different these patterns get, because different people have different associations for an object or idea," says Haynes. "We're much closer to this than we were two years ago, but still far from a universal mind-reading machine." How far? The CMU group is determining the brain patterns that encode abstract ideas (honesty, democracy), words and sentences, a big step toward a mind-reading dictionary.

Minority Report, here we come!

I don't know whether to be scared or optimistic or both about this news.

I feel strangely exposed. :x Soon they'll be recruiting thought police.

This clip somehow makes me quite paranoid

Sensitivity to broadcasted signals has always been there

We CHOOSE to ignore them.

Nothing to read in my case

Think what having a computer that can read minds in every home will do! It'll end most marriges.

hahahahahahahaha,
Not mine Ross!

good luck, mine has a firewall...and every thoughts are fully encrypted...

good luck, mine has a firewall...and every thoughts are fully encrypted...

What would I find if I hacked into it honey?

Well, You would find nuts in mine

A few acorns too

Any wild cherries skwirl?

Nope - all popped