New "Mind Reader" patent application uses unvocalized words

New "Mind Reader" patent application uses unvocalized words to express unvocalized thoughts.

Public can use this disclosure for further innovation/brainstorming/etc. -http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013166377A1?cl=en

You can also brainstorm from the "prior art" patents/applications, too, to make a "new and better device" than that disclosed.  Have fun!

"Coupling an electronic skin tattoo to a mobile communication device....A system and method provides auxiliary voice input to a mobile communication device (MCD). The system comprises an electronic skin tattoo (110) capable of being applied to a throat region of a body. The electronic skin tattoo can include an embedded microphone (103); a transceiver for enabling wireless communication with the MCD; and a power supply (104) configured to receive energizing signals from a personal area network associated with the MCD. A controller (101) is communicatively coupled to the power supply. The controller can be configured to receive a signal from the MCD to initiate reception of an audio stream picked up from the throat region of the body for subsequent audio detection by the MCD under an improved signal-to-noise ratio than without the employment of the electronic skin tattoo."

How do animals find their way home?

Pets and their owners can become very close, this is known.  When a pet becomes lost, it seems to find its way home, despite long distance and many adversities.  There are many theories how this homing instinct works, and it could be a combination of cues to re-unite pets with owners.

One explanation, proposed by J.B. Rhine, is a phenomenon called "Psi-Trailing".  This might be described as the owner and pet communicating using their "minds", much like a game of "Marco-Polo".  Who says this can't happen?

In fact, as technology improves, or our understand of minds improves, we might find ways to augment this psi-trailing.  

1. Maybe there will be computer-assisted "psi-trailing" to bring people and/or pets back to one another.
2. How about an electronic "dowsing tool" to zero in on the missing person or pet?  There exist electronic dowsing rods.  Maybe these same tools could be used to find lost pets or people.
3. Perhaps "galvanic skin response" could be a kind of "psychic compass"
4. Once dream analysis becomes a science, we might be able to get hints or suggestions of where to look.

Our mind and our pet's mind are wonderful creations, much to be revealed yet, though.

For more information:

• Psi Trailing Could Explain How Lost Pets Find Their Owner or Home
• Rhine, J. B. and Feather, S. R. (1962). The study of cases of psi-trailing in animals. Journal of Parapsychology, 26, 1—22
• When Cats And Dogs Travel Long Distances To Get Home ~ Psi Trailing - What Gives Animals The Ability To Find Their Way Home Over Long Distances?

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not medical or legal advice.