Mind-Reading Game Headset to Hit Market


	Mind-Reading Game Headset to Hit Market

tabsey

3-10-2008 9:08 AM

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computer

tabsey says:

Some will worry that the computer will fill the vacuum they imagine as a brain. Probably too late if they're thinking that way.

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