Fraud allegations fly in dispute over brain-scanning tech made famous on Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’
January 8, 2021 at 9:10 am
Neuroscientist Larry Farwell doesn’t read minds, but he can usually catch a liar.
For decades, Farwell refined and promoted a system that measures brainwaves to see if someone recalls a specific piece of information. Using sensors set in a headband and visual prompts flashed on a screen, the Seattle-area scientist contends he can show whether, say, a murder suspect has been at a crime scene.
Farwell imagines a day when brain fingerprinting is standard practice in criminal investigations and counter-terror operations. It’s a dream Farwell effuses about even as he’s locked in a legal nightmare.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Brainwave Science, USA Announces its Scientific Advisory Board of Esteemed Academic and Industry Leaders
January 7, 2021 GMT
BOSTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 7, 2021
The contact information for release dated January 6, 2021 should read: Brainwave Science, Alyssa O’Sullivan, +1 508-251-4100, aosullivan@brainwavescience.com
The updated release reads:
BRAINWAVE SCIENCE, USA ANNOUNCES ITS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD OF ESTEEMED ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRY LEADERS
A prolific group of scientists from across the globe join Brainwave Science, Inc to oversee the science behind the company’s industry-forward concealed information technology.