By 2050, they will be able to see ones thoughts...!!?

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This article goes into detail of Ian Pearson's thoughts, he heads the British Telecom's futurology unit.

He speaks of the possibility of being able to actually download data from the brain, and compares the forthcoming PlayStation 3 as being "one percent as powerful as the human brain".

Rough estimate of course, when looking at the PS3 as hitting supercomputer status, and that the PS3 is 35 times as powerful as the PS2, so that is assuming the progression continues as so.

PlayStation 5 will probably be as powerful as the human brain

An interesting read, none-the-less.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/05/23/brain.download/