Living in a Kraftwerk Album

Apparently life is starting to imitate a Kraftwerk album with new inventions such as this from Hitachi:

Hitachi's new neuroimaging technique allows its operator to switch a train set on and off by thought alone, and the Japanese company aims to commercialize it within five years.

It just gives me pause and a slight shudder to consider how such technology can be misused in the wrong hands. I'm not trying to say that I am a luddite, but things like this and somewhat sentient computers always sound like they come straight from a science-fiction novel.

And I always like to reference the Grey Goo.