Once you build the infrastructure for electronic cash, the incremental cost of replacing paper money is small. And the social benefits could be amazing. But the China Syndrome aspect of all this interconnected finance is among its most worrisome features. This new electronic world challenges everything we thought we knew about finance, but maybe not what we know about economics. Something spooky's afoot.
Lights turn on without warning.
The TV flashes channels at random. But there are no poltergeists here. Hidenori Onishi is using a device that senses brain wave patterns and converts them into signals used to operate electrical appliances. Any strong mental affirmation sends out a brain signal that the electrodes apparently intercept and feed to the computer. The computer then activates the appropriate appliance.