Flutterby™! :

I don't know whether to laugh or cry: Mindsong has a patent for devices which try to read the effect user's intent on processes with normally random outcomes.

Mindsong intends to develop, produce, sell and license proprietary microelectronics and chips which are responsive to the inner states and intentions of users. Mindsong's patented microelectronics and E-chip detect and amplify outputs exceeding random expectations, with the resulting analog and/or digital signals correlating to the intention and/or state of the user being used to control devices.

I guess I'm mainly surprised that it happened in Minnesota, not Marin.