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Mind-reading
Wearables:
Are they Possible?
B
it by bit, our tech-
nology is carefully
advancing, taking
into study different
and more complex
topics. With the
current craze over
the Internet of Things, wearable
technology has boomed in the
market. Now, numerous com-
panies are trying to delve into a
new kind of wearable that can
connect to our minds—a sort of
“mind-reading” wearable.

But, are mind-reading
wearables really a possibility? Are
they safe? How will it affect our
daily lives?
The main component in these
kind of wearables are Electro
Encephalography (EEG) sensors;
many companies are claiming that
they are able to create or innovate
products that have the ability to
monitor, detect and interpret the
activities that are going on in our
brains.

Though this kind of
technology has been used and is
still being used today, many com-
panies see this technology’s po-
tential to be applied in fields other
that medical: virtual or augmented
reality for games or surreal movie
watching experiences, next level
robotics, and others.
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The possibility of this
kind of technology can be consid-
ered possible, since the basic idea
for creating it is already available,
and can readily be based on med-
ical EEG machines. What makes
it difficult is the data processing. It
makes us ask questions like, how
accurate will be the collected data;
will it be able to store everything I
am thinking about? Innovators are
still in the process of learning all
there is to make this technology
possible.

With the current tech-
nology we have, and the rate by
which our technology is advanc-
ing we can expect to see this kind
of technology in the very near fu-
ture. Hopefully, when this device
is released in the market, it will be
useful, effective and positively life
changing.