I can read your mind

Well, I can’t….but mind reading is no longer a thing of sci-fi channel episodes and ladies in turbans charging you $9.99 a minute. This is thanks to Canadian researchers who have developed a way to use infrared light brain imaging to decode an individuals preference for something.

The researchers are from Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation hospital and their goal is to “give children who are ‘locked in’ by disability a way to express themselves through subtle body processes like breathing pattern, heart rate and brain activity.” According to Sheena Luu, the University of Toronto PhD student in biomedical engineering who led the study under the supervision of Tom Chau, Canada Research Chair in pediatric rehab engineering. this is the first system that decodes preference naturally from spontaneous thoughts.