Psychic 'mind-reading' computer will show your thoughts on screen

A mind reading machine that can peer into someone's brain and reproduce images of what they are seeing or remembering has been developed by scientists. The astonishing device studies patterns of brainwave activity and turns them into a moving image on a computer screen.

While the idea of a telepathy machine might sound like something from a science fiction movie, the scientists say it could one day be used to study people's dreams - and even help solve crimes.
In a pioneering experiment, an American team scanned the head of someone watching a video and then recreated the moving image they were watching from their brain activity.