What’s that movie where they worked out a way to grab an image from your brain or your retina or somesuch and thus possibly determine the last person you saw, who was probably your murderer? Well, scientists have actually figured out how to do this. Kinda.
Not exactly like they did it in the movie, of course, but, according to Wired Science, scientists are one step closer to knowing what you’ve seen by reading your mind. And you don’t have to be dead for them to do it. That’s a relief.
Practical applications are a long way off (they always say that) but the technique centres on translating recorded patterns of neural activity into graphical representations. But of course.
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Ryno
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:47 AMi saw that in wild wild west. i wouldn’t call that a particularly scientific movie though. it had a steampunk spider fortress.
chumplunt
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:10 PMi’d go with Fringe more as the “last image” reference. Definitely a bit more geekier than Wild Wild West as you say.
James-Mac
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 1:29 PMRobocop too i think.
robbo
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 4:24 PMKnight Rider 2000 had this and that was back in 1995