Sony patents sensory perception beam
We're not going to read too much into it right now (namely because there are a lot of patents out there that have no true correlation to reality) but a Sony researcher by the name of Thomas Dawson filed patent on Sony's behalf for a "transcranial magnetic stimulation" device that would beam sensory input to a person's brain via ultrasonic pulses. Sony was quick to note that no experiments had been conducted with the technology—so it's not much more than theory right now. Thanks, Sony, for making us wonder if we're all really just brains in jars in Sir Howard Stringer's office compound.
