Mind reading and brain computer interface technology: the future is coming, fast

It's a common theme in dystopian fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries. Robert Silverberg's “Tower of Glass,” Margaret Atwood's “Oryx and Crake,” Anthony Burgess' “A Clockwork Orange” and many other stories pose a question we seem to be obsessed with answering: what would happen if we could read one another's minds? What would happen if we could control one another's minds? For better or for worse, recent research developments are shifting the discussion from the imaginary world of science … Continue reading Mind reading and brain computer interface technology: the future is coming, fast