[NetBehaviour] Researchers use brain scans on shoppers.

marc marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Thu Jan 4 19:32:42 CET 2007


Hi james,

Perhaps we should turn of our computers and start a new luddite 
movement, find some gunpowder & do the decent thing ;-)

marc

>I wonder who funded the research?
>
>I saw in the paper (the daily up-in-arms scaremongerer) the other day,
>that baked bean tins will soon be telling us they're good on toast or
>with sausages. Herbs and lentils etc, will be suggesting suitable
>recipes and thus other ingredients. I hate shopping as it is, but
>atleast it's not as bad (yet) as Richard Morgans sci-fi where
>advertisements are beamed directly into your mind like hallucinations as
>you walk past shops in the street.
>
>james.
>
>On 4/1/2007, "marc" <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
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>>Hi JIlt,
>>
>>Civil liberties are no longer of value - such respect for humanity will
>>be disposed of so we can feel more secure via product placement & ID laws...
>>
>>marc
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>>>>The researchers wanted to see if they could then use
>>>>this information to predict when a person would decide to buy a product,
>>>>and when they would pass it up.
>>>>
>>>>more...
>>>>http://wapurl.co.uk/?K3EZBCT
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>ammm
>>>
>>>they're keen on surely knowing what "buyers" will choose,
>>>
>>>aren't tehm?
>>>
>>>jilt
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