When your life is an open book…when your privacy is at stake….

Hi Mou Sound intresting But question is who will be using these techniques/machines. i am sure Police so do u really think they can handle it and i heard it distrub the cells of brains tooo Take care

Mimpi, Although it is an interesting development, it would seem to be another instance of technology entering and taking control of our lives. It seems to be with a negative viewpoint only because of the lack of controls. The most recent story hitting the headlines is a case in point. The fact that only some of the suspects were made to undergo the test which was decided by the police and judicary ,and the outcome not being conclusive , further not being admissable in the court of law as evidence. This is were the issue of control and improper usage and not enough measures is evident. The law decides to use it based on suspicion, but finally gets nowhere. What happens to the innocent people who would have been made to go through this. Can it not seen as a form of torture ? Having said this, it would be a good thing to have if, It had the proper measures and controls, governed by law, and not misused by them. If the above is in place it would serve as a deterrent to criminals who think they would get away with crime by destroying physical evidence. It would also help the police in solving the crimes faster. Again i repeat this would make sense only if the controls and uses are done in absolutley the right way. If not, I can only imagine how scary it would be, where everyone's privacy as you have so well put it becomes an open book.

a brain scan test is a very good invention .but i know the police think they are gods and intrude into peoples lives using third degree measures.it is really very pathetic.

I think its something that is actually intruding into human lives. privacy is destroyed. may be others will say these are helping to solve many untold things. but it is same way gulfing privacy

When DNA testing was first used it was mistrusted and people feared it, but now it is pretty mainstream and has made it possible for quite a few people who had been falsely accused to be released from prison, and also for heinous criminals to be brought to justice for crime they had committed that went unsolved for decades. So there is going to be controversy over anything new. The lie detection test needs improvement, as it has not proven to be very scientific, I think. But you say these "poisoned him" and she says she didn't? Did you mean to say that she stands accused of poisoning him?

More and more we are becoming a society that is relying on technology to determine the guilt of a person. This is a problem because it goes away from the basic principles of body language etc that give away so much more about what a person is thinking or feeling. Instead of using a machine to track someones brainwaves, there should be specialist psychologist used who can read the body language of a suspect and the subtle changes in the voice too. Then, working with a Criminal Psychologist, they would be able to work out more accurately what the likelihood of the suspect being guilty really is. No method is fool proof, but we have to remember that our modern technologies have been created by humans who are the most unreliable species on earth.