If the machine could detect the awareness well enough then it could reduce the terrifying "accidental awareness" during surgery: http://www.iflscience.com/heal

If the machine could detect the awareness well enough then it could reduce the terrifying "accidental awareness" during surgery: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/large-study-explores-how-often-patients-wake-during-surgery http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/large-study-ex... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2750201/Three-patients-week-report-waking-operation-Accidental-awareness-occurs-not-given-anaesthetic.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2750201/Three-patien...