More than a dozen Chinese businesses and the country's military (stock image) have used a similar brain technology. The gadgets were developed by the state-funded brain monitoring project Neuro Cap, based out of Ningbo University, around 90 miles (150km) from Hangzhou
SCMP: ‘Forget the Facebook leak’: China is mining data directly from workers’ brains on an industrial scale
Government-backed surveillance projects are deploying brain-reading technology to detect changes in emotional states in employees on the production line, the military and at the helm of high-speed trains
On the surface, the production lines at Hangzhou Zhongheng Electric look like any other.
Workers outfitted in uniforms staff lines producing sophisticated equipment for telecommunication and other industrial sectors.
But there’s one big difference – the workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves, data that management then uses to adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows, according to the company.
The company said it could increase the overall efficiency of the workers by manipulating the frequency and length of break times to reduce mental stress.
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Update: China is mining data directly from workers' brains using mind-reading hats to spot emotional and depressed employees (Daily Mail)
WNU Editor: The military applications from this technology are endless.
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