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Systems that sense a person’s thoughts or emotions have the potential to help us develop empathy and foster teamwork. : Nathan Semertzidis, Monash University (supplied) CC BY 4.0

Technology that can interpret mood and visualise it using augmented reality is just the first step in a promising new field of brain science.

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Seeing emotions just the start for brain-reading technology

Technology that can interpret mood and visualise it using augmented reality is just the first step in a promising new field of brain science.

Many areas of the brain involved in the simple act of swallowing : Daniel Foster/Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielfoster/29705421101/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

To address swallowing disorders, most medical researchers look to improving organ function, but these researchers are looking at our brains.

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Restoring the ability to swallow using brain-machine interfaces

To address swallowing disorders, most medical researchers look to improving organ function, but these researchers are looking at our brains.

Family members are often the first to realise there’s more going on in the brain of a patient. : Alexander Grey/Unsplash Unsplash license

Brain-machine interfaces can decipher thoughts and help give some coma survivors a voice. But first we must ensure they’re responsive.

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Communicating with seemingly unconscious patients

Brain-machine interfaces can decipher thoughts and help give some coma survivors a voice. But first we must ensure they’re responsive.

Students at a school in China were reportedly asked to wear American devices that monitored their concentration levels (file image). : Thomas Galvez CC 2.0

Tapping into someone’s thoughts may soon be technologically possible. Our institutions are ill-equipped to deal with the resulting human rights violations.

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The ethics of mind-reading

Brain-machine interface technology connects the brain directly to machine intelligence. : Michael Joiner, 360 info CC BY 4.0

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360info is looking into how far brain-machine interface research has come and what is currently at the forefront of science and technology.

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