Estonian born Russian Anton Vaino appears to be the author of a paper that describes a device called the Nooscope

The article describes a new device called a “nooscope” which, it says, can tap into global consciousness and “detect and register changes in the biosphere and in human activity”.

Written in a dense academic prose – which many Russian commentators this week said they found almost impossible to understand – and accompanied by even more complex charts and diagrams, the article outlines new ways of organizing and understanding society.

Having recently completed Indiana University’s IVMOOC, which focused on their Macroscope, I’m inclined to think Vaino might be on to something here.