This article from the Bangkok Post summarizes a new technology whose applications for the future are endless. The Brain Computer Interface (BCI) allows users (namely paraplegic patients) to communicate to electrical devices via brainwaves. By thinking of an action, the electrodes will read these brainwaves and transduce them to elicit an appropriate reaction from an electrical device. The current extent of this technology reaches to such applications as simply turning on a TV by thinking about it, or something more practical such as activating a wheelchair. The BCI wheelchair currently in its testing phase can be used for approximately 1-2 hours before the user's brain signals weaken or they get tired.

I chose this article because of the many applications this type of technology makes available. First, for patients who are disabled, this can change their lives entirely, helping them regain accessibility to simple tasks such as turning on the TV or opening a door. The BCI Wheelchair can allow them to move around again by just thinking about it. Taking this technology out of the medical setting, if brainwaves can be wirelessly transmitted to electrical devices, then pseudo-telekinesis is not far from being invented. One would just have to think of making something happen and it would.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/207851/technology-puts-mind-over-body