According to the patent, the sensor would be able to detect different brain waves, including gamma and beta waves, which involve learning, memory and logical thinking, and alpha waves, which are related to the subconscious.<\/p>\n

Microsoft makes reference to the fact that work performed by users will be done “unconsciously”, which suggests that alpha brainwaves will be the most important here, and could mean the work is done while the users concentrate on other things.<\/p>\n

This all sounds a bit sci-fi, and we’re not sure too many people would be willing to hand over their brainpower to Microsoft, regardless of the cryptocurrency rewards.<\/p>\n

This is just a patent as well, so we may not see real tech using what’s described here for a long time – if at all.<\/p>\n

So, for the time being at least, we’ll need to still use our PCs – and not our brains – to mine for cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n