Video: Nissan's mind-reading cars will predict your mistakes

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There's a long press release and a video after the jump with scads of information, but it distills to this: controlling machines with your brain. José del R. Millán, a researcher at Switzerland's EPFL, has been developing the technology both for communication and mechanical-control purposes, and Nissan Europe has partnered with the lab with an eye on taking such technology to cars.

Nissan's take, for instance, is that as you "think about turning left ahead... the car will prepare itself for the maneuver, selecting the correct speed and road positioning, before completing the turn." Our take is that you can stay tuned for 2050 when your car realizes you're about to scrap it, and the police pull you over for thinking about speeding. Until then, your future is spelled out in words and a video after the jump.

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