While Intel is still concentrating on making chips that'll continue to push the performance limits of our desktops and laptops, there are researchers at the chip company looking at the next step ahead – reading our minds. New technology could allow people to dictate letters and search the internet simply by thinking, according to researchers at Intel who are behind the project. Technology for toughts “identification” currently exists as Functional MRI or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)[youtube], but Intel wants to make this ability more sophisticated and also practical for personal use by developing the portable mind-reading gadgets.
