Ah, science.

Controlling your mind for a better tomorrow. Stories one, two, three and four tonight come to us from Slashdot, and, when taken collectively, add up to one perfectly reasonable and, at this point, inevitable conclusion:

You brain is about a decade away from being hacked. Fifteen years, tops. Get ready now.

Yes, the future is bright: Your brain, newly implanted with a direct neural interface that can carry a previously unimagined amount of information, will access wirelessly the Google network for new commands, which will be gently reinforced by our robot "accomplices". Since Google owns this site, they might not be happy about me spilling the beans about their plan. On the other hand, since Google owns this site, they know my readership, and probably don't care much about me.

Sometimes, it's good to be the invisible child.