Synthetic telepathy- communicating by thought alone..


	Synthetic telepathy- communicating by thought alone..

einbar

10-14-2008 4:09 AM

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"When I was a kid I occasionally said things that were inappropriate, and I learned not to do that," said D'Zmura. "I think that people would learn to think in a way the computer couldn't interpret. Or they can just switch it off."

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