A Fresh Wave of Brain Print Craziness

So.... When I did my CAREER progress report this year, I mentioned some of the craziness that had ensued after the publication of the original brainprint paper in Neurocomputing.  My PO was interested in the brainprint story (it is a pretty awesome story), so the directorate that manages my CAREER award did an article on brainprint for NSF Discovery, even though technically my CAREER project is not directly brainprint related.  The NSF Discovery piece came with a press release, which has kicked us into a fully fledged second round of brainprint craziness.  I'm trying to round up the links here so I can have them all in one place.

NSF Discovery:  http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=138315&org=NSF
NSF Fail-Up Friday:  http://nationalsciencefoundation.tumblr.com/post/143229332368/true-science-story-sarah-laszlos-noisy-data
Newsweek:  http://www.newsweek.com/brainprints-biometrics-security-fingerprints-449536?rx=us
WIRED UK:  http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-04/19/eeg-brainprint-biometric-identification
Popular Mechanics:  http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/brainprints-more-individual-than-fingerprints-safer-than-passwords/
IFL Science:  http://www.iflscience.com/brain/new-technique-can-identify-you-your-brainwaves
Yahoo! Finance:  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/neuroscientists-brain-waves-fingerprints-144419987.html
NPR Science Friday:  http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/could-brainprints-unlock-your-future-phone/
Huffington Post:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brain-waves-fingerprint-identification_us_57166fe0e4b0018f9cbb42a9
IEEE Spectrum:  http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/diagnostics/system-can-id-you-by-your-brainwaves-with-100-percent-accuracy
VICE:  https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/scientists-can-identify-you-by-your-thoughts-on-pizza-and-rihanna

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I'm doing interviews with Ars Technica and IEEE Spectrum shortly, too.

In short, YIKES!