Mind Reading Device Not Required To Measure My Reaction To Megan Fox

In the category of “Oh My God What Are They Thinking”, science comes this dreadful and frightening advance into figuring out just what is floating around in the human mind. An unveiling of tech at the World (Mad) Science Festival in New York reveals just how close we are to digging into thoughts that are none of your damn business. Here’s how the mind meld thing works. It’s called functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and measures neural activity by measuring the change in the blood oxygen level in the brain. High levels in different parts of the brain are then mapped and the white coated Igor type with the eye tick at the controls can then link this map to words and images you might be thinking of, such as plotting against Dear Leader or boffing the receptionist.

Obviously, this technology is just starting to get going but the scientists in the field are amazed at how far they have come so far. That’s just perfect. We’ll all be wearing little beanie caps full of little probes in no time and being arrested Minority Report style for our every passing and fleeting impulse. Nevertheless, the research will continue unchecked regardless of the obvious risk/reward ratio. Thanks Popsci for the warning.