Brain implants could give governments and companies power to read your mind, scientists warn

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In the future, that could all change, according to scientific experts in Britain.People could"become telepathic to some degree," thanks to neural interface technologies that are being developed, according to the Royal Society, the UK's Academy of Sciences.But it has warned that neural interfaces -- devices implanted internally or worn externally which can record or stimulate brain activity -- could be open to abuse as they become more sophisticated.

Tim Constandinou, director of the Next Generation Neural Interfaces Lab at Imperial College London and co-chair of the report, said in a press release:"By 2040 neural interfaces are likely to be an established option to enable people to walk after paralysis and tackle treatment-resistant depression, they may even have made treating Alzheimer's disease a reality."But they could also be misused by corporations and governments, with neural data being accessed and shared.

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Sorry government, my wife beat you to it!

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Plus in the future we all may be able to remember jokes and long anecdotes.

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Imagine what 2089 going to look like lol

It's called the Manchurian candidate 😈😕

I just watched Source Code

Sounds like Black Mirror or West World...

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But now it won’t matter when I can’t find the tv remote.

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People already have Google and Facebook getting all their info free. Many other morons have Alexa listening to them 24/7. So I can see many idiots wanting this nonsense. Yeah, lots of stupid socialist drones would have no problem with this.

Not cool!

They're already giving terrorist's those.

Yeah, just listen to Don Lemonade. Proves their point ☝️

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