Brain-monitoring helmet could help tell friend from foe

[IDemo]

A company called Veritas Scientific has developed a helmet that it claims can help determine if a person has "malicious intent." The device uses a well-known, non-invasive technique and may help soldiers and police investigate more efficiently.

The technology is not new by a long shot — Electroencephalography (EEG) has been used for decades. EEGs measure electrical fields in the brain through the scalp, allowing for a quick and rough picture of brain activity without invasive probes or bulky machinery. But the readings aren't very precise, so they aren't able to tell exactly what part of the brain is producing that activity.

That's not a problem for the helmet Veritas has designed, which looks for one specific signal. Images flash onto the helmet's visor, right in front of the test subject's eyes, and when a picture appears that the subject recognizes, the EEG readings dip in a characteristic way.

If the image the person recognizes is a family member or local landmark, no problem. But if it's bomb materials or an enemy leader, that could be an indication that the person should be questioned further. And another battery of tests could determine whether the subject being question is attempting to deceive the interrogators.

http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/technology/futureoftech/brain-monitoring-helmet-could-help-tell-friend-foe-878446

[orpupilofnature57]

1. We need to Monitor interrogators.

[IDemo]

2. If interrogators aren't doing anything wrong, why would they mind?

[orpupilofnature57]

12. Technology in the wrong hands ,isn't

Paranoid .And just so we're clear ,anything used has a potential to be abused.

[LeftofObama]

3. Does anyone have a pic of that cat

with the lime on his head, wearing it like a helmet? That's what this reminds me of

Sorry, didn't mean to diss the OP, but I just can't get that picture out of my head.

[pinboy3niner]

4. This one?

[LeftofObama]

5. That's the one!

OMG! That is just too funny!

Edit: oops, forgot to say thanks for posting that pic!

[whathehell]

6. Might be good for single women on first dates..

although it might ruin that "first impression", lol.

[Art_from_Ark]

7. Might be good for single men, too

Although, the marriage rate would probably end up being cut by half, or more.

[whathehell]

10. Yeah, but

single men are FAR less likely to be killed by women

than the other way around.

Have you ever read "The Darwin Awards"?

I've read two volumes and they're both

full of absurd "chances" taken by men that wind up getting

them killed -- not by anyone else..by their own (forgive me!) stupidity.

Seriously, I never found even ONE woman among them.

Example One: A guy goes to visit his friend in the Southwest somewhere and while they're out,
he gets bitten by a poisonous snake..The friend who KNOWS snakes says: Hey..that was a poisonous snake,
you'd better go to the hospital...Guy answers: "Nah..I'm a man..I can take it".
He then goes to the nearest bar, knocks back a few and falls off the bar stool dead from the bite.


Example Two: Guy is paling around with his motorcycle and, feeling macho, dares his buddies to run
over him with a cycle....He lives, poor bastard, but as a paraplegic

Of course I feel sorry for both of these guys, but honestly, can you imagine ANY woman taking these sorts of insane "dares" and "chances"?

I really can't.

.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Might be best to wait 'til they work out the bugs

"SHOOT, QUICK--he's a threat! Oh...wait...never mind. Disregard previous message."

[whathehell]

9. I wish they'd work out the bugs

with men.

[bluedigger]

11. Not to be confused with the Bain Monitoring Helmet.

Which tells Grifter from Mark.

Okay, same thing, really.