Researchers develop face 'e-tattoo' to track mental workload in high-stress jobs

Tyler Saltsman, founder and CEO of EdgeRunner AI, warned that creating artificial general intelligence could "destroy the world as we know it." Scientists say that they have formulated a way to help people in stressful and demanding work environments track their brainwaves and brain usage -- an electronic tattoo device, or "e-tattoo," on the person's face. In a study posted in the science journal Device, the team of researchers wrote that they found e-tattoos to be a more cost-effective and simpler way to track one's mental workload. Dr. Nanshu Lu, the senior author of the research from the University of Texas at Austin, wrote that mental workload is a critical factor in human-in-the-loop systems, directly influencing cognitive performance and decision-making. Lu told Fox News Digital in an email that this device was motivated by high-demand, high-stake jobs such as pilots, air traffic controllers, doctors and emergency dispatchers.