Facebook's plan to tap into your brain is strange, scary ... and fantastic

Frankenstein.

It's all I could think as I listened to Facebook's VP of Engineering Regina Dugan speak about skin and brain interfaces.

Like the first time you encounter Dr. Frankenstein outside his lab, Dugan, who made her F8 developers conference debut on Wednesday, started off sounding reasonable enough, telling us that the choice between paying attention to the person in front of you and checking your smartphone was a false one. 

Yeah, I could get on board with that. There's important stuff on my pocket device, a world of information, social media, and breaking news that I shouldn't have to miss, just because there's someone in front of me craving my attention.  Read more...