[danielf]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

THIS however reminds me of the hair dryer my mother had back in the 60's. very hard to look cool wearing that

That's just a bog standard EEG cap. This research was done using FMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) which involves lying in a full body scanner (which is rather claustrophobic, noisy, and somewhat restrictive as it doesn't agree with metal objects very well).

If you happen to suffer from insomnia, you can read the original article here

The abstract is enough to put you to sleep

Edit: Currently, the device is more likely to look like this:



It would look somewhat out of place at immigration me thinks