Submission + - Invention: Microsoft mind reader
Z00L00K writes: And finally in an article at NewScientist — just another proof that Microsoft are the evil overlords of the universe:
So one must ask: Will the next step be to mind-read you to verify that you aren't running a pirated version of their software?Not content with running your computer, Microsoft now wants to read your mind too.
The company says that it is hard to properly evaluate the way people interact with computers since questioning them at the time is distracting and asking questions later may not produce reliable answers. "Human beings are often poor reporters of their own actions," the company says.
Instead, Microsoft wants to read the data straight from the user's brain as he or she works away. They plan to do this using electroencephalograms (EEGs) to record electrical signals within the brain. The trouble is that EEG data is filled with artefacts caused, for example, by blinking or involuntary actions, and this is hard to tease apart from the cognitive data that Microsoft would like to study.
Read the full Microsoft mind reading patent application.