. Brain tech­nol­o­gy patents soar as com­pa­nies get inside peo­ple’s heads (Reuters): “From ways to eaves­drop on brains and learn what adver­tise­ments excite con­sumers, to devices that alle­vi­ate depres­sion, the num­ber of U.S. patents award­ed for “neu­rotech­nol­o­gy” has soared since 2010, accord­ing to an analy­sis released on Wednesday. That expan­sion into non-med­ical uses, said Sharp­Brains…