SEDALIA, Colo. — In the middle of the night, Diane Van Deren will leave her house against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She will cut west through the dark canyons with her running shoes and a headlamp, but without a kiwi-sized part of her right temporal lobe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/sports/09ultra.html?_r=2&ref=sports&pagewanted=all
Early on the afternoon of April 1, Adam Wilson posted a message to Twitter. But instead of using his hands to type, the University of Wisconsin biomedical engineer used his brain. “USING EEG TO SEND TWEET,” he thought.
In the past year, researchers have developed technology that makes it possible to use thoughts to operate a computer, maneuver a wheelchair or even use Twitter — all without lifting a finger. But as neural devices become more complicated — and go wireless — some scientists say the risks of “brain hacking” should be taken seriously.
“…this latest from researchers at the Brain Science Institute (BSI) — Toyta Collaboration Center have what they claim is a system that’ll control the ride using brain waves analyzed every 125 milliseconds, which it boasts bests the competition by several seconds. Testers using the wheels and EEG cap system have achieved accuracy up to 95 percent…”
The teenage brain is an unfinished product, continuing to develop in spurts until about 25. During the brain’s growth spurts, the nerve endings grow rapidly, called blossoming. During that time, the cells that fire strengthen networks. The ones that don’t die back, called pruning.
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2006/06/13/gentech/frameset1710052.shtml
Another video about the ocular implant and camera glasses setup.
I’ve definitely done this myself in the past. I believe it was an episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues that contained the line “let the pain become part of you.”
Science is beginning to investigate and support the role of therapies such as biofeedback and meditation in pain control. The idea that the mind has power over the body may be especially useful to chronic pain patients who often find themselves without satisfactory medical treatments.
http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20189613_1,00.html
Comment: This is a very high-level article, but I thought the conclusion was interesting.
Most of the time the brain works as it ought to: limbs move, memories are retrieved and experiences processed. But occasionally things go awry.
In tip-of-the-tongue experiences, for instance, words suddenly and perplexingly go missing only to reappear seconds or minutes later. Another brain quirk – déjà vu – confirms the fallibility of memory. Now two new studies have shed light on both phenomena.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17263-why-your-brain-just-cant-remember-that-word.html
Abstract on the journal article:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T24-4WCT00D-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d7a5c254a14c5e5796244d108d768a2d
A camera is built into a pair of glasses that sends signals to a tiny chip implanted in the back of the retina and stimulates nerves that lead to the vision center of the brain, helping seeing impaired people see again.
http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090526_Artificial-Retina
When you compare the brain’s detectives, neuroscientists, to other detectives, the neuroscientists seem to fall short in solving mysteries.
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