Google searches - will be performed by mind control.

That's an interesting statement...

Brain-reading technology is improving rapidly. Last year, Sony (Charts) took out a patent on a game system that beams data directly into the mind without implants. It uses a pulsed ultrasonic signal that induces sensory experiences such as smells, sounds and images.

I hope it doesn't upload a rootkit...

Controlling devices with the mind is just the beginning. Next, Wolf believes, is what he calls "network-enabled telepathy" - instant thought transfer. In other words, your thoughts will flow from your brain over the network right into someone else's brain. If you think instant messaging is addictive, just wait for instant thinking.

Imagine what this will do for the world of spam.

Google searches - will be performed by mind control.

That's an interesting statement...

Brain-reading technology is improving rapidly. Last year, Sony (Charts) took out a patent on a game system that beams data directly into the mind without implants. It uses a pulsed ultrasonic signal that induces sensory experiences such as smells, sounds and images.

I hope it doesn't upload a rootkit...

Controlling devices with the mind is just the beginning. Next, Wolf believes, is what he calls "network-enabled telepathy" - instant thought transfer. In other words, your thoughts will flow from your brain over the network right into someone else's brain. If you think instant messaging is addictive, just wait for instant thinking.

Imagine what this will do for the world of spam.

The only issue, Wolf says, is making sure it's consensual; that's a problem likely to tax the minds of security experts.

[ insert joke about popular science-fiction in the hacking scene here ]