[extropy-chat] Remote control brain: all in the mind

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In the not too distant future a man is working in the backyard of his
home when there's a knock at the front door.
He's busy, but expecting a friend, so he begins scrolling through a
menu in his mind, looking for a command to open the door.
A moment of concentration, an electronic surge, and "click", his
friend walks in. A mind-controlled home may sound like a scene
straight out of science fiction, but it's an idea on which researchers
in the US and Australia are making progress.
Reports last week suggested that an American research team had tested
a surgically implanted brain-computer interface, or BrainGate, in a
human subject.
It is hoped the device, the size of a small aspirin, will ultimately
allow disabled people to operate complex machinery using their
thoughts.
Meanwhile, in Australia, scientists have had considerable success with
the Mind Switch, a non-surgical device that uses brain waves to
operate switches.
Professor Ashley Craig, a neuroscientist at the University of
Technology, Sydney, who helped develop the Mind Switch, said society
could make increasingly sophisticated use of mind control in the
future.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Science/Remote-control-brain-all-in-the-mind/2004/11/27/1101495457455.html?oneclick=true