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New Method Allows Scientists to Read Letters in a Person's Brain Scan

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It's not exactly "mind reading," per se, but a team of researchers have developed a method through which they are able to determine what letter a person is looking at based on a scan of their brain. Published in the journal Neuroimage, the study includes using an fMRI to scan a person's brain while he or she views a specific image. An fMRI works by determining where in the brain blood is flowing most and has long been used in research designed to determine which brain areas are most active while a person performs a given task.

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God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8 NLT

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Many of life's failure are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provide her meat in the summer, and gather her food in the harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8

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Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105 NLT

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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-- our faith. 1 John 5:4 NASB

Researchers create battery-free wireless communication 'out of thin air'

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Engineers have created a battery-free communication technique that repurposes wireless signals that already surround us. This new wireless communication system seems like "magic," since it "provides connectivity between computers out of what is essentially thin air." It takes us a step closer to an Internet of Things reality as it lets devices talk to each other without relying on batteries or wires for power. Instead, it taps into already existing ambient Wi-Fi, TV or cellular signals to exchange information. University of Washington researchers call it "ambient backscatter;" it's so revolutionary that when engineers presented their work [pdf] at the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Data Communication 2013 conference in Hong Kong, they won the "best paper" award.