(Phys.org) —A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota is giving new meaning to the old adage: "Mind over matter."

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

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Century-old technology colossus IBM depicted a near future in which machines read minds and recognize who they are dealing with.

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The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that ...

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A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person's ability to 'mind read', an indication of ...

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers controlled by the mind are going a step further with Intel's development of mind-controlled computers. Existing computers operated by brain power require the user to mentally move ...

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Japan plans to develop "mind-reading" robots and consumer electronics that can be controlled by thought alone and hopes to market them within a decade, the Nikkei daily reported Thursday.

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(AP) -- Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers - now some computers can do it, too.

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What if a jury could decide a man's guilt through mind reading? What if reading a defendant's memory could betray their guilt? And what constitutes 'intent' to commit murder? These are just some of the issues debated and ...

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