Sandy Lomax's Blog (56)

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hiroshi-ishiguro-robots-like-mine-will-replace-pop-stars-hollywood-actors-1497533

Professor Ishiguro talks about implementing intention and desires in his androids.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2147260-five-ways-technology-can-read-your-mind-and-what-its-good-for/

This article in New Scientist describes technology mainly using brain implants to record or interpret brain activity.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2146658-siri-and-alexa-can-be-turned-against-you-by-ultrasound-whispers/

This article says that Alexa, Siri, and other voice assistants can be hacked with high frequency sound.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/17/alert-settlement-reach-in-mitchell-jessen-interrog/

This article says that the 2 victims and the family of the 3rd victim of the CIA torture program designed by 2 psychologists have won their case without going to trial. A settlement has been reached, and they describe it as a "historic victory", it is the first time the CIA has…

http://theconversation.com/scientists-discover-how-the-brains-hypothalamus-controls-ageing-and-manage-to-slow-it-down-81510

This article explains that the hypothalamus - a small brain structure regulating appetite/aggression/sleep, is the main structure that regulates ageing in mice. The mouse brain is a typical mammal brain, and so is similar to…

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/video-cia-officials-forced-testify-about-torture-program

This is some new information about the trial - I really hope the victims get justice.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/01/scientists-discover-how-the-brain-recognises-faces-by-reading-monkeys-minds

Scientists showed 8 faces to the monkeys and recorded their brain waves while they saw the faces, and then were able to reconstruct the images perfectly from the brain recordings.  This also showed the mathematical way that…

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2131716-ai-can-doctor-videos-to-put-words-in-the-mouths-of-speakers/

If they can do it in real time, then nothing we see or hear from a speaker will be reliable.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/17/boy-11-hacks-cyber-security-audience-to-give-lesson-on-weaponisation-of-toys

This gifted 11-year-old boy taught an audience how objects and toys are hacked for spying.

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/researchers-link-robots-surveillance-teams

This surveillance system has cameras, drones and even humanoid robots mingling with the crowds, to share information and get additional data from many sources, to track and analyse people/objects as they move.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/10/scientists-identify-parts-of-brain-involved-in-dreaming

This article in the Guardian says that scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recorded 46 people`s EEG while they were sleeping. They found that people dream during both REM and non-REM sleep. (REM means Rapid-Eye-Movement). The area at the back of…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2017/apr/07/meet-erica-the-worlds-most-autonomous-android-video

This film is about an android being developed by a Japanese gentleman, who is considering what it means to be human. It raises interesting questions but an android can never experience emotions or even feelings like pain.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2123319-empathy-device-lets-a-friends-brain-signals-move-your-hand/

This article in New Scientist describes an experiment in causing empathy. Four people wired to an EEG recorder watched films which provoked amusement, anger, or sadness. Their EEG responses were connected to 4 other people who received the EEG responses via…

https://www.policeone.com/police-products/police-technology/articles/285662006-Jaw-dropping-biometric-advancements-for-law-enforcement-are-coming-sooner-than-you-think/

Soon everyone will be on a database. It would be useful for a future one world government.

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v18/n11/full/nn.4135.html

This study shows that the researchers used data from the Human Connectome Project to find a way of identifying individuals by their brain patterns. They could identify individuals "regardless of how the brain is engaged during imaging".

The Human Connectome Project is led by the universities of Washington, Minnesota, and Oxford:…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/07/science-museum-london-trove-of-robotic-delights-holds-a-mirror-to-human-society
Video and article about a new exhibition of robots.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/holograms-of-teachers-beamed-into-london-classrooms-from-around-the-world-a3449181.html
Holograms of teachers called Humagrams will be beamed into school classrooms in the UK. It says that this "will not be a replacement for teachers". Really?

http://www.personalgrowthcourses.net/video/mind_control_history_channel

History of mind control.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118434-brainwaves-could-act-as-your-password-but-not-if-youre-drunk/

This article in New Scientist suggests that we could soon log in to computers using our EEG. The computer would show a set of words and then read your EEG response. I suppose people`s EEG will soon be the main way of connecting with everything, the internet,…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/04/sweden-cashless-society-cards-phone-apps-leading-europe

Many countries are now going cashless, especially the Scandinavian countries, Belgium, and some African countries like Somalia and Kenya. The UK is increasingly cashless, with much public transport only accessible by card readers.

This is just another means…