Mind-controlled tech to aid astronauts

Chinese space scientists are developing technologies that will allow astronauts to use their thoughts to control equipment in spacecraft, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The China Astronaut Research and Training Center's National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering has been working with Tianjin University on the development of a human brain-to-computer test system, information about which is on display at the 2016 International Simulation Expo, which opened in Beijing on Sunday.

The system will translate astronauts' brain impulses into words to communicate with ground control and operate instruments in spacecraft.