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    An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria

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    Image of mikecap mikecap
    10/22/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    What they may also not have mentioned was that, prior to the mice being injected with the retrovirus that used blue light sensitive genes to alter their eyes, they were previously blind (as is genetically common with lab mice). So it's also basically a potential cure for blindness, or potentially a way to allow humans to see other forms of light if genes are discovered that are sensitive to say, infrared or ultraviolet spectra. #neuroscience
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    Image of mikecap mikecap
    10/22/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    This was discussed at the Singularity Summit a few weeks back... you guys should have had someone covering it! #neuroscience
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    I tried to resist for a long time, but have now accepted that as soon as the second round of cortical implants are available I'll be first in line.

    Why second, you might ask? Well, first of all, they're gonna be fucking expensive. An iPhone cost roughly the GNP of Egypt when it first came out; imagine what a shunt in your skull that will stream the internet directly to your brain will be worth.

    Secondly, I don't need to be dealing with first-gen bugs in my wetware. Algae cultures pourin' out of your eye sockets and what-not. #neuroscience
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Yay, you used my tip. That article was pretty amazing, but I doubt I'll ever get to see many real life applications of that tech during my lifetime.

    Tough one can always hope... Gost in the Shell here I come! #neuroscience
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    "Of course, this kind of cyborg technology is not exactly around the corner."

    Not true. Just yesterday I saw a recent piece on a two-way artificial hand and it doesn't use optogenetics. Watch the video. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    @Roklimber: Duh... I saw it right here on io9:

    [io9.com] #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    This seriously cool... An a possible cure for Parkinson's disease... that alone would please me - my grandmother had it. #neuroscience
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    One of the researchers working on this gave a lecture at my school. It was both interesting and unnerving (no pun intended) watching a mouse begin to run in circles at the flip of a switch. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Algae-Borg Collective, here we come! #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    A post yesterday was about an artificial arm that could both receive orders from the brain and send feedback back to it... So presumably there are other ways of doing this?

    [io9.com]

    This is still so awesome, though. Of course, changing the genetic structure of neurons seems a bit scary, too... I wonder if there'd be a way to build a sort of "adapter," which would be built separately from your body, and would include (artificially-grown) genetically augmented neurons that would respond to light signals from electronic devices, and could be "grown into" your nervous system, without changing neurons you already have? #neuroscience
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/21/09

    @ParryLost: Nah, that arm was hooked up to the nerves in his arm, not directly to his brain at all. There is a big difference in the difficulties involved, though both are awesome. #neuroscience
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    very cool article.
    very bad illustration. #neuroscience
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    Image of Kitradu Kitradu
    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Can I download my brain to the internet and effectively become immortal? Man, porn is gonna be really awesome then.

    Oh, and prosthetics that can feel, yeah! (as I secretly think "xxx furry juggies") #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    @Kitradu: DAMN! My implant is typing everything I think! (coffee drinking turtle floozies) #neuroscience
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    09/11/09

    In reply to Economists Suggest Mind-Reading As a Way to Determine Public Good
    Actualy, most people lie about stuff because they already feel someone is owed to them, or they think they need to "counter" other lies, by telling one themselves.
    Its normal far more complex then "me want X so I lie to get it cheaper"

    The other factor to take into account is everyone tends to think everyone else is more stupid them themselves.
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Economists Suggest Mind-Reading As a Way to Determine Public Good
    Well im fucked!! Im worth about 1.50. Anything under a Tenner and your thrown off a bridge right???......Right?
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    Image of mikecap mikecap
    09/10/09

    In reply to Economists Suggest Mind-Reading As a Way to Determine Public Good
    I'd really rather see this applied in legal cases and criminal courts. Is the person lying when they say not guilty? That's what I want to know.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/11/09

    @mikecap: "It's not about detecting lies," he says. "It's about detecting values-and then comparing them to what the subjects say their values are."
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    09/11/09

    @Dirk Anger: You're being sarcastic, right?

    And it looks like some enterprising defense attorneys have already tried using the fMRI as a lie detection test in CA:
    [www.wired.com]
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    09/11/09

    @mikecap: yes, only this stuff never works reliable.
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    09/11/09

    @WindowlickinDaywalker: I wasn't, but now that I re-read it, that chunk I pasted sounds pretty stupid when taken out of context. I've discussed what I mean in a couple huge posts around here, mine and tetracycloide's
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    09/10/09

    In reply to Economists Suggest Mind-Reading As a Way to Determine Public Good
    We are still killing the crusty jugglers for the greater good, right?
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/11/09

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: the greater good...
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    09/11/09

    @tetracycloide: Would you stop saying that?!
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