If you are a child of the 80's like I am this story may remind you of the Clint Eastwood spy flick - Firefox! Not that it was a great movie, but the idea was that Clint was a U.S. military man who infiltrates a secret Russian air base to steel a mind controlled fighter jet. According to this MSNBC article, Hitachi Inc. has developed a device that analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals. The researchers have connected the device to a toy train rather than a fighter jet but they are exploring other commercial applications. In fact Honda is said to be working on similar technology with next generation automobiles in mind. Oh how the future looks bright for us geeks! By the way, Firefox was not one of Clint's better films.
