[danielf]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well very hard to do anything but doze off in that...So how does one do anything remotely like work when in one of those?It can't really be a truly fair test as most mind numbing jobs involve being upright to a degree.

I think the researchers (as quoted in the BBC article) are taking a few liberties as to what might be possible in the near future.

I think that it definitely needs more research and definitely more funding.
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Better still give the money to me and I'll prove it by actually reading the research..I guarantee I'll be asleep before the end of the first paragraph even on my feet.

I'm somewhat hesitant about a lot of this imaging research. As far as I'm concerned it shows little more than different parts of the brain lighting up when doing different tasks. It's very popular at the moment though, and attracts a lot of funding.