Intel wants to stick chips in your brain

By 2020, we'll all be characters in a William Gibson novel. Awesome.

By 2020 we will all have chips inside our brains and not need a mouse or keyboard to control our computers, according to Intel.

Intel has been telling hacks that it is finding ways ways to read and harness human brain waves so they can be used to operate computers, television sets and cell phones.

Lucky volunteers will be queuing up to have the test chips wired into their brains so that they can control their computers with a thought.

The bloke behind the idea is Dean Pomerleau, who works for Intel on matters of cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, man-machine interfaces, brain processing of semantic information, and various brain-scanning technologies, such as fMRI, MEG, EEG and ECoG. He and his associates at Chipzilla are solving the mechanisms of brain waves.

He thinks that people may be willing to be more committed to brain implants. "Imagine being able to surf the web with the power of your thoughts."

But then there is the worry that the government could access the chip and read your mind.

And there is also the problem that you will not be able to get your computer to work until you have had your second cup of coffee.

There's more here - bring the singularity on.