BRAIN SCAN

Microsoft's Creepy Brain Scan Patent App

Microsoft's animated "Paperclip" helper will appear and say something like:
"It looks like you're having a nervous breakdown, and that's bad for production. Bob's pretty good at this kind of thing. I'll ask him to give you a hand."

The Paperclip is aware you're having trouble, according to the company's patent app, because it evaluates "one or more physiological or environmental sensors to detect at least one of heart rate, galvanic skin response, EMG, brain signals, respiration rate, body temperature, movement, facial movements, facial expressions, and blood pressure."

[MS hasn't specifically referred to their annoying Paperclip character in this patent.]