Brain-Scanning Headset Monitors Your Mental Workload, Tufts University Study

A cheap, portable device that reads your mind to gauge your concentration could some day ease information overload in stressful jobs like air-traffic control. EMAILS, tweets, Facebook posts, texts, RSS feeds... we are awash with streams of information, endless sources of distraction. How can we keep up, cut through the noise and stay focused on the task at hand? Things would be easier if your computer just knew what you wanted.

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