Scientists Try to 'Hack' Stephen Hawking's Mind

Scientists at Stanford are building a tool called the "iBrain," which which detects electrical brain waves and conveys them to a computer, the Telegraph reports. Apparently, they are going to try and use it on Stephen Hawking once it is complete, allowing them to get around the motor neurone disease that's progressively making it harder for him to communicate by computer.

"We'd like to find a way to bypass his body, pretty much hack his brain," says Stanford professor Philip Low.
Imagine looking directly into his mind as he contemplates the universe, I think it would be really amazing.
The new technology could have other medical applications as well, like helping doctors prescribe the right amount of medicine depending on a person's brainwaves. 

The team plans to unveil the iBrain at Cambridge University next month, possibly with Hawking as their guinea pig.