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Mind Reading? Here’s the Technology IBM Predicts Will Be Available in Just Five Years
- Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:15am by
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Originally posted on Gizmodo by Adrian Covert.
Mind Reading. Power harvesting. No more passwords. The Death of spam. Technology for everyone. These are five things IBM believes are the future. Not 50 years in the future, but more like five years in the future.
IBM’s annual 5 in 5 list is not just another collection of whimsical predictions. Each item in its five is a subject area in which IBM is actively engaged in research. IBM innovates as much as anyone in technology today, so when IBM says something will happen soon, there‘s a pretty good chance it’s gonna happen (see also: Watson).
Watch this video of IBM’s 5 in 5 predictions:
- IBM research in bioinformatics has given them great insights into brain activity during certain tasks and think it‘s not so far fetched to assume we’ll be able to make calls or control computers.
- IBM wants to be able to take all the kinetic energy generated by ourselves and the machines we use, and transfer that into juice for our electronic devices. Imagine if there was a standard where you could attach a power harvester to any piece of equipment with moving parts.
- There have been biometric scanners for awhile now, but how secure they’ve really been is up for debate. But the technology continues to improve, and IBM believes that face, retinal and voice scans will provide enough unique data to work as a security measure for the most sensitive of applications.
For the rest of IBM’s 5 in 5 list, be sure to check out their page here.
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Comments (50)
FoxholeAtheist
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:42pmOh goodie. We‘ll finally be able to weed out the ’true Xtians’ from the moderate luke warm wannabes.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:49pmThat’s cool–I didn’t know they were so close. It may be a lot easier to achieve my dream than I thought…or they are just ignorant of the technical difficulties of the feat they‘re describing because they’ve yet to do it (you really can’t predict or appreciate how difficult something will be to learn, only judge in retrospect how difficult it WAS to learn).
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 3:55pmMight want to look at the Foia of Haarp …
It’s Not just used to modify the Weather.
Search FOIA HAARP…read the truth.
Report Post »DavidZion
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:12pmYour Harp guys crack me up; now its being used for mind control. Can someone just list all the bad things harp does in one place with footnotes. If you can‘t please go to the crazy UFO’s raised my baby website and post
Report Post »Drakkhanlord
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:57pmwhat govt data and contracts are a joke…learn to read zombie.
Report Post »NarnianWarrior
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:03pmIf IBM’s Global Services, or tools, such as Incident Service Manager are any indicators of such success, consider these whimsical ideas to be nothing more than a dream.
Yeah, right!! Coffee anyone??
Report Post »Publius Novus
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:08pmMaybe the proper app. for this “mind reading device” should be field tested first on the worlds politicians and religious leaders?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:16pmTrue, IBM invents may things… but the people decide the Use & Application… and IBM has never been good at predicting… so IBM follows the Market Demands!
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:23amWill it work on my dog? I always wanted to be able to get in my dogs head if only for a few seconds.
Put this on Rose-Ellens head and I’m sure it would blow itself up!
Report Post »HKPhooey
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:08amWelcome to the Matrix…
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:37am5 years? NO WAY. I‘ll bet you right now we don’t see this sooner than 15 years.
“Think” something and it happens? Where can this possibly go wrong?
Using a (by building one) “database” of ‘your personal human DNA’ as security? Now, this couldn’t possibly turn out to be a bad idea, could it?
Sorry, these technologies may make IBM money, but, as we are seeing with the existing ‘tech’ that “IS” as far as the interest goes.
Encryption for secure systems is available right now. And, it works very well. When it’s used. But software companies DO NOT WANT to use it. There is more money to be made by NOT using it.
Our national infrastructure has been shown to be vulnerable to “hack attack” but why? Because they won’t protect it adequately. It can be done. But more money can be made by NOT protecting it.
Rebuilding destroyed infrastructure, purchasing new because previous was hacked and destroyed, software vulnerabilities that never seem to quite out smart the ‘villains’. All work to keep a positive cash flow moving through ‘tech’ companies doors.
These claims of (finally) a secure tech future, are bogus lures to get you to buy more useless junk.
Report Post »paulppp2008
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:44amI have been working on computers for over 20 years now and you would think this type of stuff is exciting to me – but it is not. It’s just a continuous and gradual process to make us depend on technology and less on God. We are already, as it is, dealing with this. The suicide rate in this country was a few years ago the third major cause of death. People are sad and can’t find their purpose. You know it’s true! Have you noticed that these issues are not found in third world country. They are poorer than we are and yet they appear to have a healthier social and emotional life than we do here. This type of technology is problematic for you and me. The house being powered by self-produced energy is fine but the rest of it is a replacement of God…and God is the only worthy purpose any of us have. Here is a website with some good articles – http://www.JesusDivineMercy.com.
Report Post »DavidZion
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:17pmYOU POSTED YOUR MESSAGE ONLINE, yes technology is sooooo bad.
I have lived in 3rd world countries for a better part of my life. And they ALL want to come HERE. They are not happier than WE are because they are poor and can’t afford computers. Yes JESUS is THE answer with or without computers.
Report Post »miren
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:30amNext time they can have a guy that actually SPEAKS ENGLISH!!!! Half the time I couldn’t understand what the hell he was saying.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:19pmThat must be why they hired the “Professional Voice Talent” woman to voice over the segments where the other dude is off camera. Why is it someone with an accent always has ‘instant credibility?’
Report Post »GeneTracy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:25amIBM and other companies researching bioinformation will know what I’m thinking? I think this might not be a great idea.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:43amI went on the internet to find out what you were thinking and it was there.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:51amWell men think of sex over 1200 times a day…so it will be right a lot of the time bt default.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:54amNotice the message on the digital divide … This is “one world” propaganda. What’s the point if information access is filtered by politicized press. It’s all about control.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:10amThe beast 666. Well I just glad I’m saved. I love technology but every one of these things robs us of our privacy and freedom. Perhaps it’s time to just say no.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:27amThis mindreading software is Minority Report modules to facilitate the Thought Police.
RESIST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!
STOP TALKING TRASH ABOUT TINFOIL HATS!
WE MAY REALLY NEED THEM!
WE’RE NOT CRAZY!
THE NAZIS ARE HACKING OUR BRAINS!
Report Post »Cynic-clinic
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:35amNone of the projections for the future will come about unless industries find some way to profit from them.
Right now the advertising industry is raking in the cash from social media sites but, in the future, how will they profit from people checking the weather on their smartphones in Zimbabye as the video suggests?
And generating electricity from your bicycle, sure but such a small amount as to seem inconsequential even when considering the number of bicycle-miles travelled each year.
IBM has a very large PR BUDGET to keep their name in front of the public and prop up their stock on wall street. This whole thing sounds like the PR guys at work or the Popular Science stories of the flying cars from the 50s.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:26amAll of this type of stuff is in your KING JAMES BIBLE folks
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:20amI have plenty to say about this. First, some of the predictions are already in place and working in a more or less mechanical way. You are being tracked and the information is being used and it’s not all for the better. Next, in the early seventies the Rhines institute traveled across America testing children for abilities in brain wave control via bio-feedback. Gifted children were selected and the parents were told that after high school if the child attended college, that the various institutes involved would pay for the education provided the child took certain courses and after graduation would be hired into the system. This activity predated the brain wave control you see in this video. Machines today can detect patterns in waves that can be deciphered into commands to control sensitive equipment. And last, when and if all this actually occurs, which I doubt, a new order will emerge for better or worse. And even with the wonders being touted by technology nothing really gets any better in these times. Only a faster way to diminish our individuality. And I’m not alone in this opinion.
Report Post »BEPENI
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:12am….and pretty soon there will be an implanted chip, and no one will be able to buy or sell without it.
Report Post »TheSurrealTruth
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:59amThey already have retinal scanners for laptops, and fingerprint readers. . .not sure why that’s such a big deal.
The mind reading thing though. . .no, that’s just creepy. I love, love, love tech. . .but that’s just too far. I’ll pass on that one.
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:32amYeah and The Jetsons said I would have a flying car and robot maid by now. Keep dreaming.
Report Post »Jomil48
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:47amSoon the mind police will arrest you for what you are thinking,
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:44amWouldn’t work on my wife. She can change her mind in mid sentence. She could easily blow up that supercomputer with her shopper’s mind meld. Not to mention “the look” if the machine was ever right.
Report Post »reeltexas
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 9:16amLol!!
Report Post »FLDeb
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:27amIs there a reason that this was produced by “IBM IRELAND”? Is it being shown here in the U.S.? Could it be because Europe has already accepted big brother taking care of them?
The read your mind one made me laugh. That could be funny, there are a few people out there that I sure would like to read their minds. Lets use it on the president first. Could be very informative.
Report Post »Mstr Smith
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 3:51amThe Dream Police are inside of your head…Oh No!!!!!
Report Post »Hzurdaddy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 3:17amCombine this with SOPA (the Internet switch); Disabling cell use in vehicles (the Automobile Switch); and The National Defense Authorization Act (the People Switch), and we’ll find ourselves in 1984 AND the year 2525–simultaneously.
Report Post »Strnj1
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:25am…and the lemmings will follow.
Report Post »Raven249
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 3:15amThought police, anyone? Just a bit on the creepy side. Bugger off, Big Brother.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:06amLet’s experiment on some home grown prisioners first.
Report Post »gdbhusker
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:35amnow thats scary crap!!!! with the patriot act, the NDAA, homeland security, and the TSA…….it would certainly make it easy to come scoop you up and cart you off for what you thought…not what you said… might be the governments way of getting around the first amendment once and for all…thought is not protected huh???
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:38amGDHUSKER, I am of the same mind as you on this one. I fear this type of program In many ways . The technology today is turning into a nightmare that could permanently cost us our privacy.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:47amHmmm…THOUGHTCRIME becomes a reality…
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:35amLet’s use it on Obummer and the media circus that sleeps with him every night!
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:56amThe idea of having unseen computer programs developed by corporations deciding what information I can access kind of worries me…
Report Post »Spyder
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:26amThe main topic, “Think,” is kind of ironic in the sense that the thing will eventually begin to think for you. How will it determine what is relevant information to you? That implies an artificial intelligence on the other end that will eventually substitute our thoughts for what its filters allow for us; determined by someone else. And once we have been dumbed-down enough to depend on it for any given knowledge, then all one need do is shut it off and sure enough you have flock of compliant, half-witted slaves.
I “Think” I’ll pass.
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