{"id":1377,"date":"2012-08-27T13:38:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T13:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/27\/brainhackers"},"modified":"2012-08-27T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T13:38:21","slug":"brainhackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/brainhackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Hackers: Researchers Now Able to Gather Info from Brains (ones still being used!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Does this creep anybody else out?<\/p>\n
Researchers from the University of California and University of Oxford in Geneva figured out a way to pluck sensitive information from a person\u2019s head, such as PIN numbers and bank information.<\/p>\n
The scientists took an off-the-shelf Emotiv brain-computer interface, a device that costs around $299, which allows users to interact with their computers by thought.<\/p>\n
The scientists then sat their subjects in front of a computer screen and showed them images of banks, people, and PIN numbers. They then tracked the readings coming off of the brain, specifically the P300 signal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Read the whole article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n