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Scan a brain, read a mind?

What we write online may be intercepted, filtered and publicized, but we’d like to think that the thoughts and images in our heads are totally private.

For better or worse, science may change that. Over the last few years, researchers have made significant strides in decoding our thoughts based on brain activity…

https://www.cnn.com/2014/04/12/health/brain-mind-reading/index.html?hpt=hp_bn13

Does anyone doubt that it’s just a matter of time before a device like the Prometheus interface depicted in MindScans becomes real?

Virtual Reality Hardware and the Future



Sony just released their VR Headset.

Read more here:

Virtual reality gets a new player with Sony’s ‘Project Morpheus’ https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/sony-morpheus-virtual-reality/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5

And Microsoft is due to release their version next year.

Read more here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/virtual-reality-makes-leap-sci-fi-sony-microsoft-n56896

All in hot pursuit of the Oculus Rift.

And now Facebook of all companies has purchased Oculus for 2 billion.

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/facebook-oculus-vr-105029.html

VR is no doubt in our collective futures. Perhaps not as an audio/visual device (still too gimmicky really), but once we have direct mind connections, well, you might watch MindScans to see the can of worms that will open!

Hal Douglas – Movie Trailer Voice Legend passes

In a world … where one man … voices THOUSANDS of the world’s most recognizable movie trailers — it’s really really sad when that guy passes away.

Hal Douglas — the gravelly voice behind trailers for movies like “Philadelphia,” “Forrest Gump,” “Meet the Parents,” “Lethal Weapon,” and way way more — died Friday due to complications from pancreatic cancer …

https://www.tmz.com/2014/03/13/movie-trailer-voice-hal-douglas-dead/

Trailers will never be the same…

Genome Pioneer, X Prize Founder Tackle Aging

Craig Venter, who managed to make science both lucrative and glamorous with his pioneering approach to gene sequencing and synthetic biology, is taking on a new venture: aging…

…He also took a crack at creating artificial life…

…The new company doesn’t aim to extend human life so much as to help keep people healthy as they get older.

“The challenge is when you live into your 80s, 90s, to 100, living in a way that is decrepit and old is of zero value,” Diamandis said…

Doesn’t this sound a heck of a lot like Alliance Digital Studios’ KNOWLEDGE? We don’t know what’s creepier–the name of this new company “Human Longevity Inc.” (the fictional company in KNOWLEGE is Gen-Lon–short for Genetic Longevity Inc.) or that this guy looks like an older version of our very own Production Manager, David Kennedy. {Cue Twilight Zone music.}

Read the full story here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/genome-pioneer-x-prize-founder-tackle-aging-n44461

Look Ma, No Hands! Mind-Controlled Helicopter Flies on Brainwaves

It may seem like science fiction, but researchers are experimenting with a mind-controlled device that enables users to fly a model helicopter with only their thoughts.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis created a brain-computer interface – a system that allows the brain to communicate directly with an external device…

Sound familiar?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/look-ma-no-hands-mind-controlled-helicopter-flies-brainwaves-n27756