Mind Control anyone?

[Cryton]

Here is an interesting one for you....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-5...hand-in-first-human-brain-to-brain-interface/

Goes to cnet news.

 

[HG_B]

Old news.

But really, it is amazing how sci-fi writers hit on so much correct stuff.

 

[Spinward Scout]

I read someone over on Facebook already wants it banned.

Real-life version of the movie Gamer would be interesting.

 

[Blue Ghost]

Here is an interesting one for you....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-5...hand-in-first-human-brain-to-brain-interface/

Goes to cnet news.

Old news, but kind of funny stuff. Imagine you're at a LAN party and you hack your friend's brain so you can win

*EDIT*
New meaning to the phrase; "Boom! Head-shot!"

 

[Cryton]

Old news.

But really, it is amazing how sci-fi writers hit on so much correct stuff.

Isn't it? Communicators, Transporters (currently molecular scale only), Warp drive being tested by NASA, vat grown (replicated) beef, functional (tank sized) laser weaponry, talking computers, Video calling...everything but flying cars!

We are on the verge of Star Trek.

 

[aramis]

Isn't it? Communicators, Transporters (currently molecular scale only), Warp drive being tested by NASA, vat grown (replicated) beef, functional (tank sized) laser weaponry, talking computers, Video calling...everything but flying cars!

We are on the verge of Star Trek.

No flying cars were seen in Star Trek until the movies... The Shuttle is a spacecraft.

 

[arbitrary.remora]

Jho the Zho says:

'Amateurs'...

 

[Lycanorukke]

I read someone over on Facebook already wants it banned.

Hook up your typical Facebook denizen and you would probably get a 'No Signal' error.

 

[McPerth]

A different sight on it

Here is an interesting one for you....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-5...hand-in-first-human-brain-to-brain-interface/

Goes to cnet news.

As nurse I am, my first though on seeing it was about is usfulness in exercices to avoid muscular atrophy on people in coma (assuming the motor brain funcions are still up to it). A full new field for physioterapists...

 

[Midgardsormr]

I can see it now: Entire hospital wards full of physical therapists playing Dance Dance Revolution with comatose meat puppets.

 

[McPerth]

I can see it now: Entire hospital wards full of physical therapists playing Dance Dance Revolution with comatose meat puppets.

Not so much, but even simple exercices would shorten post coma rehabilitation quite a lot.

 

[Lycanorukke]

Not so much, but even simple exercices would shorten post coma rehabilitation quite a lot.

I wonder if they could stimulate autonomic functions such as breathing. Instead of a respirator forcing the lungs to inflate, their own lungs are tricked into working.
It could make physiotherapy interesting as well, as forcing degraded/damaged nerves to fire has been shown to assist somewhat in their regeneration.

And of course the big one is cybernetics - if they can pick up and transmit coherent signals from the motor cortex, it's an easy next step to build a device which interprets the pattern and drives a mechanical prosthesis.

 

[McPerth]

I wonder if they could stimulate autonomic functions such as breathing. Instead of a respirator forcing the lungs to inflate, their own lungs are tricked into working.

Aside from breathing being an autonomous (not entirely voluntary) function, you'd need a person constatly connected to the patient to make him breath.

I guess respirator would be more efficient in this case, unless the moves could be saved and programed, but that's a further developement...

 

[Spinward Scout]

...you'd need a person constantly connected to the patient to make him breathe.

Unless you can copy the signal and loop it.

 

[McPerth]

Unless you can copy the signal and loop it.

That's what I meant when said

unless the moves could be saved and programed, but that's a further developement...

Pehaps I didn't express myself as good as I wanted...

 

[Spinward Scout]

Perhaps I didn't express myself as good as I wanted...

You expressed yourself fine. I just don't read too well at 5am.