Mindblowing: advances in brain tech spur push for 'neuro-rights'

The Chilean Senate during a session in which a bill to legislate on "neurorights" or brain rights was being voted in Valparaiso, the seat of Chile's Congress. — by Chile's Senate/AFP

As sci-fi thriller "Inception" topped box offices across the world, audiences were delighted and appalled by its futuristic story of a criminal gang invading people's dreams to steal valuable data.

More than a decade on, the technology envisioned by filmmaker Christopher Nolan is likely not far off, according to experts in Chile, who have moved the security debate beyond burglar alarms to safeguarding the most valuable real estate people ever own: their minds.