Re: Oink!
Looks as though you have a fan/stalker Jake.
The basic idea for this tech goes back to the cold war days when both the Russians and the US and probably others played with the idea of mind reading/ control.
Since then quite a lot of work has been done on finding various ways to create a mind/ machine interface for both military, industrial and disabled applications.
Prosthetics have been a focus in some places and obviously weapons would be a focus for some but in spite of the clear opportunities for misuse the tech does hold promise for those who find the notion of transhumanism appealing and this is just a baby step.
As Jake points out, once you are connected, privacy and self determination may be a challenge, imagine being hard wired to FB or Amazon never mind any of our beneficient rulers.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
