The world is changing fast--maybe faster than we ever thought. And within five years, science fiction is going to turn into non-fiction. We'll be able to read each other's minds, forget all our passwords, and create all our own homes' energy.
It would seem the most interesting idea posited by IBM is the one about reading minds. But lest you think that what its scientists are saying is that you'll be able to glare at a friend--or perhaps more importantly, an enemy--and know what he or she is thinking, that may be more than five years off. Rather, this is about how our brains might someday be synced with computing devices:
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