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Facebook to build a mind-reading wristband to help you control your devices

Facebook has announced plans to build a mind-reading wristband that will let people control their devices "as a natural extension of movement".

The company has acquired CTRL-labs, a start-up that is exploring ways for people to communicate with computers using brain signals, in a deal that CNBC said was valued at $1 billion (£805 million).

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