A “mind reading” helmet which scans your brain to identify signs of previous knowledge about any incident or a person has been developed.
A “mind reading” helmet which scans your brain to identify signs of previous knowledge about any incident or a person has been developed. Veritas Scientific's CEO, Eric Elbot's device is a futuristic motorcycle-type helmet containing metal brush sensors that will read brain activity as images.
Scientists have shown that familiar images prompt spikes of electrical brain activity that indicate recognition. Recognition indicates memory, and memory implies knowledge.
Veritas's goal is to create an electroencephalogram (EEG) helmet with a slideshow of images that could reliably help to identify an enemy.
"The last realm of privacy is your mind," Discovery News quoted Elbot as telling IEEE Spectrum.
"This will invade that.
"The helmet would be similar to a motorcycle helmet, though I'm envisioning more of a Daft Punk-style head piece. However, there will be no Digital Love pumping through the helmet, only metal brush sensors that will read brain activity as it responds to images flashed across the visor.
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Elbot said he envisions the technology will be beneficial with law enforcement agencies, in criminal trials and corporate takeovers.
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"Certainly it's a potential tool for evil," Elbot said.
"If only the government has this device, it would be extremely dangerous," he added.
Source-ANI