May
18
2009
0

Top 5 Unsolved Brain Mysteries

When you compare the brain’s detectives, neuroscientists, to other detectives, the neuroscientists seem to fall short in solving mysteries.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/5-brain-mysteries.htm

Written by Blayne in: Brain,Neurology,Neuroscience |
May
03
2009
0

Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do

Kevin Lafferty is a smart, cautious, thoughtful scientist who doesn’t hate cats, but he has put forth a provocative theory that suggests that a clever cat parasite may alter human cultures on a massive scale.

http://a.abcnews.com/Technology/DyeHard/Story?id=2288095&page=1

Written by Blayne in: Brain |
May
01
2009
0

Second Sight

Second Sight ® Medical Products, Inc., located in Sylmar, California, was founded in 1998 to create a retinal prosthesis to provide sight to patients blinded from outer retinal degenerations, such as Retinitis Pigmentosa. Through dedication and innovation, Second Sight’s mission is to develop, manufacture and market implantable visual prosthetics to enable blind individuals to achieve greater independence.

http://www.2-sight.com/

Written by Blayne in: Cybernetics,Neurotronics |
May
01
2009
0

8 awesome things you can implant into your body

Wolverine has some fun tricks up his sleeve — and under his flesh, actually. He heals quick, his bones are made of virtually indestructible adamantium, and everybody’s envious of his retractable claws.

So how about the rest of us mere mortals? Well, if you weren’t born a mutant, there’s still hope in the wild world of implants. Want a robotic arm like Bishop’s? They exist. Want to sling metal like Magneto? You can do that, too.

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/05/8-body-implants.php

Written by Blayne in: Cybernetics,Neurotronics |

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