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In a human-driven car, the so-called brain-to-vehicle technology could shorten reaction times. Sensors could detect, for example, the driver's intention to slam on the brakes.

Although Ford claims it has no intentions to follow through with the technology, the patent application shows how cars may one day lose their standing as the embodiment of American independence.