Computers Will Be Able to Read Images From Your Brain Within a Decade

The potential applications are both amazing and alarming

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I have a photographic memory, and I’m a time-space synesthete. That means I can visualize, in photorealistic detail, basically any place I’ve ever been. I can also imagine nonexistent places and fly around them in my brain like I’m in a video game.