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Can technology read minds?

Can technology read minds?

The business of brain data

Business Daily · BBC World Service

September 6, 201918m 10s

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Show Notes

The business of brain data. Real-life mind-reading technology is being developed right now, and it's already being used in places like China. Ed Butler investigates what the technology can really do, and what the implications might be for our privacy and freedoms.

Producer: Laurence Knight

(Photo: A brain scan, Credit: Getty Images)