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more about #brains more comments → Golem100: Hmmm, Didn't I first hear of this in "The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King. more » Bigdamnhero: Funded in part by the Society of One-Handed IMers... dedicated to abolishing sticky keyboards everywhere since 1998. more » The5thElephant: I finally get what I always wanted, a Lite-Brite board plugged directly into my head (see picture). more » RoboBagins: Eh, I'll wait till they come out with the bluetooth headset that does this. more » bornonbord: "Shih's system does require a craniotomy, which is not a surgery to be taken on a whim" Considering the stupid reasons people cut their bodies open f... more » aubreyf: They should make it so raising your eyebrows while you think of the letter makes it uppercase. And have it read your emotions and auto-append an emot... more » cletar: So, it's like Force typing? more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: wHat"s teh BGi deAl/ Im Useng 1 rite Nowwwwwwwww. more » Roklimber: Stephen Hawking might benefit from this, assuming that the surgery to implant the electrodes doesn't make him a person of normal intelligence. more » gorehound: so now we know the real reason skynet rose. more » Roklimber: 10 years? Dream on, Kurzweil suck-ups. more » schrodingers-katana: Okay folks, we've officially reached the point of no return. Human laziness has become terminal. All super-villians, mad scientists, and Republicans; ... more » Grey_Area: I thought I already had a brain implant. Turns out it was a plastic green army man I shoved up my nose when I was four. more » Makidian: This would be awesome if my thoughts weren't changing or thinking something else all the time. I would be switching between channels and web sites so ... more » Pessimippopotamus: Last thing I need for my subconsciousness to keep opening porn sites in public. more » -
#madscience
A Device That Lets You Type With Your Mind
By placing electrode grids inside patients' skulls, researchers at the Mayo Clinic have created a way for people to type words using only their brainwaves. It's a major breakthrough for brain-computer interface research.
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#futurism
Intel Is Developing Brain Implants So You Can Channel Surf With Your Mind
Chipmaker Intel is throwing a ton of cash into developing brain implants to help people send text messages with their minds. They are also predicting these implants will be the main way you turn on the TV in 10 years. More » -
#brainimplants
The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
One of the cutting-edge cures for chronic muscle tremors is called a thalamic stimulator - it's a brain implant that delivers current to your thalamus. But it can also cause intensely pleasurable erotic feelings, leading one woman into implant addiction. More » -
#madscience
An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
Michael Chorost, author of science autobiography Rebuilt, has a great article in Wired this month about a biotechnological breakthrough that could result in functional cyborgs. Using this biotech, people could access the internet with our brains. More » -
#madsocialscience
Economists Suggest Mind-Reading As a Way to Determine Public Good
A bizarre experiment carried out at CalTech has led economists to an even more bizarre assertion. Governments allocating spending for public goods like education should use "neurotechnology" - mind-reading via fMRI brain scans - to determine who should be taxed. More » -
#madmedicine
The Strange Case of Seizures That Turned a Woman Into a Man
Researchers report an odd case in the latest issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. Whenever their patient had an epileptic seizure, she thought she'd become male - and that other women near her had turned into men too. What caused it? More » -
#brains
Perfecting Closed-Skull Brain Surgery
Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in Switzerland announced that they've successfully performed closed-skull brain surgery on 9 patients using only sound waves. More » -
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#neuroscience
Your Brain Will Eventually Be Used Against You
Although every lie detector ever built has proved unreliable, scientists continue to search for that magic machine that will reveal dishonesty. Now two Harvard neuroscientists have hit on a "pre-crime" technique that reveals intent to lie before it happens. More » -
#madneuroscience
A Harvard Psychiatrist Explains Zombie Neurobiology
In Night of the Living Dead, zombies are brought back from the dead by a "mysterious force" that allows their brains to continue functioning. But how exactly does a zombie brain function? Finally, a Harvard psychiatrist has the answers.
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#evolution
How You Inherit Genes That Make You Smarter
This intriguing diagram shows which parts of your brain can contribute to your intelligence and how much of their smooth functioning you inherited genetically. Yes, sexual selection may be making you stupid - or smart. More » -
#neuroengineering
How Neuroengineering Will Lift Your Depression - And Control Your Mind
The better we understand how our brains function, the closer we get to controlling them at a molecular level. And that means a possible cure for depression, but it could also mean foolproof brainwashing. More » -
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An Infrared Brain Scan That Can Determine What You Want
Canadian researchers have developed a "mind reading" technology that can predict which of two items a person will prefer with 80 percent accuracy. More » -
#fringerecap
A Computer Virus That Turns Your Brain to Goo
In this week's Fringe, called "The No-Brainer," Olivia and the scoobies got to investigate their most cyber opponent yet: A pop-up window that turns people's brains to goo! Spoilers ahead, weirdos. More » -
#evolution
Meet the Ancestor of All Animals on Earth
This humble, gooey Trichoplax is a "living fossil" whose progeny include everything from humans to snails. And now, say scientists, it has revealed something very strange about our brains. More » -
#madscience
Carbon Nanotubes Will Rewire Your Brain, Make You Smarter
Carbon nanotubes, or hollow microscopic wires made of carbon (pictured), may one day replace some of the neurons in your brain. They could repair brain damage, or give a turbo boost to healthy brains. -
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Technology Puts Images from Your Brain onto a Computer
Japanese scientists have unveiled a device that can pluck images out of your brain and recreate them on a computer screen. -
#brains
How Hatred Transforms Your Brain
When you see somebody you hate, whether it's an evil ex or a mean colleague, your brain undergoes a rather unexpected transformation. A new study published in PLoS One today reveals that hatred isn't the blind, irrational emotion it might seem. In fact, hate activates the brain regions associated with higher reason and the ability to predict what other people will do. More »
