Mind-reading device invented by scientists

A device that reads people's minds through their brainwaves has been created by scientists. The mind-reading device could one-day be used as a 'telepathic typewriter' that autonatically writes down what people are thinking Last year scientists at UC Berkley successfully managed to playback a word that someone was thinking by monitoring their brain activity. 'Now, the challenge is to reproduce comprehensible speech from direct brain recordings done while a person imagines a word they would like to say,' lead author Professor Robert Knight said at the time. The research has been ongoing for several years, and recently, scientists successfully managed to playback a word that someone is thinking by monitoring their brain activity Using electrodes placed on the surface of the language areas of the brain of awake patients, scientists monitored the pattern of electrical responses of brain cells during perceived speech. The scientists then created a computer model that could match spoken sounds to these signals Such a novel device would communicate people's intended thoughts via an electronic speaker or writing device, but the team still has a lot more research to conduct.