Here at Tom’s UK and IRL all this research into mind reading is making us wonder what all those scientists are up to. Who’s secrets are they after anyway?

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are bringing the scientific community one step closer to reading minds.

The team used scanning equipment (much like an MRI machine) and computers to monitor the different parts of the brain reacted in response to being shown tools and buildings. They then used software to work out whether a person was thinking of a tool or a building.

Analysis says the results are 97 percent accurate and that they can almost tell two similar objects apart successfully. Scary, right?

On the plus side, technology like this could be incredibly useful in medicine for things like autism. Bravo.