Unmediated says (quoting someone else) that this article (pdf) titled "Reconstructed Natural Scenes from Ensemble Responses in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus" is actually about how to extract video feeds from a brain. Being at the wrong department at MIT, I can't really tell, but consider this quote: "From the activity of 177 cells, we have reconstructed natural scenes with recognizable moving objects."
Earlier:
Sony Patents Telepathy
Future: Product Placement in Dreams
