I4U News has an article describing the new Emotiv EPOC High Fidelity Brain-Computer Interface. This thing is straight from the dreams of every Sci-Fi geek, and it signals the beginning of a revolution in leisure activities. The ability to have computers react to our thoughts means we will be able to create much more immersive video games, as well as bringing us that much closer to realistic virtual reality.
That said, this thing scares the poop out of me. It's probably my years worth of watching B-Rated science fiction flicks on the SciFi channel, but I can't shake the feeling of foreboding that I get just thinking about where this will take us. Are we going to create virtual parks and surrender our natural parks to the highest bidder? Are we going to start increasing the range until our thoughts are read by billboards in order to provide 'targeted advertising'? It isn't much of a leap from that to Orwellian thought-crimes. Imagine the future depicted by the Terminator movies, and give the robots the ability to read our minds.
With anything that is this exciting, I'm a little scared of where it might lead in the long run. I guess we'll just have to wait and see for now...
--Dan
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