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Farwell Brain Fingerprinting
Technology for crime investigation using to detect P300 brain wave responses to familiar sights by a suspect, by developer Dr. Larry Farwell.

Identifying Terrorists Before They Strike
Paper by Steve Kirsch proposing the compilation of a "brain fingerprinting" database to identify terrorists before they strike.

S90tv
System using the VATS dial tone system for "brain fingerprinting" to set "illusory conditional reflexes".

Register: Brain-scans Can Defeat Terrorism, InfoSeek Founder Claims
Steve Kirsch... reckons that the relevant technology companies could deliver a working system of brain fingerprinting databases and a companion retina scanning system for (supposedly anonymous) identification reference in something like ninety days' time. (October 3, 2001)

ZDNet: Can 'Brain Fingerprints' Protect Us from Terrorists?
[Brain fingerprinting] has been touted as being able to accurately identify trained terrorists before they can board planes or even enter the country. By David Coursey. (October 2, 2001)

National Geographic: "Brain Fingerprints" May Offer Better Way to Detect Lying
As polygraphs become increasingly controversial, sparking a cottage industry on how to "beat" the test, scientists are hunting for new high-tech ways of solving the most ancient of human dilemmas: How do you tell if someone is lying? (July 5, 2001)

Forensic-Evidence.com: Brain Fingerprinting Fails First Court Test in Iowa
Evidence is admitted, but fails to convince. (April 10, 2001)

ZDNet: Future Forensics: Warrant to Search Your Brain
Electroencephalographic responses and brain fingerprinting--we have a warrant to search your brain. By Dan Brekke. (April 4, 2001)

Center for an Informed America: Would You Mind If We Fingerprint Your Brain?
Editorial suggesting that "brain fingerprinting" technology would be used to the detriment of the people by Dave McGowan. (February 24, 2001)

U.S. News: Truth and Consequenses
Article about "brain fingerprinting" being used to exonerate Terry Harrington of the murder of police captain John Schweer in 1977. [Full text requires payment] (January 25, 2001)

Forensic-Evidence.com: "Brain Fingerprinting" - Is It a Reliable Tool?
Reaction to brief summary of the technology by Lawrence Farwell. (July 2, 2000)

InFairfield: The Truth Detector
The day after Fairfield resident Larry Farwell gave a public lecture on his new "Brain Fingerprinting" technology, he found out he was wanted by the CIA. By Sally Peden. (November, 1998)

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