It’s always nice when the world catches up with 80’s sci-fi films. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have succeeded in reconstructing people’s visual experiences using MRI and image libraries. Which means that if you click on the link you can see somebody’s brain try to replicate the Pink Panther film trailer.

Let’s be clear, the technology isn’t quite looking in on people’s brains just yet – the reconstruction algorithms access an imagery library, which is how they generate the image field on the right hand side of the clip. Even so, we’re looking at the start of noninvasive brain image construction, which is pretty remarkable.

At present, the technology can only reconstruct film clips people have already viewed – as opposed to seeing dreams or memories. Still, it’s a breakthrough; says University of California neuroscientist Jack Gallant:

This is a major leap toward reconstructing internal imagery. We are opening a window into the movies in our minds.

So I can’t wait for them to install this in airport security.

[Source: Berkeley News]