Hitachi working on brain-activated remote control

I pondered for a while whether this story belonged on "Click." It is, after all, step one in what could become the ultimate anti-clicking culture.

Turns out Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Inc. is developing technology to help coach potatoes alleviate the strain on their remote-control finger.

The "brain-machine interface" developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals.