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Intel's Mind-Reading Chips: Replace Your Mouse With Your Brain

Kit Eaton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:42:20 -0500

You know those neat mind-control toys? Well, Intel has some grand plans for mind control that go far beyond their limited power. By 2020, the company's researchers plan to have chips that let you control computers with your thoughts.

Nobel Prize Predictions: fMRI and Organic Solar Cells

Erica Westly — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:37:54 -0400

Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity

Gregory Berns — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:30:35 -0400

Close your eyes and visualize the sun setting over a beach.

How detailed was your image? Did you envision a bland orb sinking below calm waters, or did you call up an image filled with activity -- palm trees swaying gently, waves lapping at your feet, perhaps a loved one holding your hand?

Now imagine you're standing on the surface of Pluto. What would a sunset look like from there? Notice how hard you had to work to imagine this