Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110818/04275815580/dailydirt-i-would-never-tell-lie.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110818/04275815580/dailydirt-i-would-never-tell-lie.shtml

Lie detectors made out of cameras with thermal imaging and facial analysis software could be available as smartphone apps someday. And an app to train you how to be a better liar will be sold immediately afterwards. [url]

Zapping your brain with magnetic pulses could prevent you from lying (as much as you normally would). In other news: tin foil hats sales are expected to grow exponentially through 2015. [url]

Truth serums generally don't work and were deemed unconstitutionally coercive in the 1960s. Putting terrorists' heads in a magnetic field seems a bit more friendly than waterboarding, though... [url]

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