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DARPA - Brain implants to boost memory

Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 6 months ago to Technology

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Posted by ewv 8 years, 6 months ago

The big market is students just before final exams.

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  Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 6 months ago
  
  Lloyd Blankfein (CEO Goldman Sachs) before addressing congress on doing God's work.
  Donald Trump before business negotiations.
  Carly Fiorina before a fund raising dinner.
  Obama in order to use the teleprompter.
  Hillary to duck sniper fire.
  
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Posted by Slytherin 8 years, 6 months ago

The mysteries of the brain...

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Posted by not-you 8 years, 6 months ago

This technology has been used for various civilian medical applications for some years now. I can see it being very useful for soldiers suffering from TBI, etc. Like every other beneficial innovation, it has the potential to be abused; but my biggest concern is that with government involved it will cost 50x more than it should. Fascinating applications for Parkinson's Disease at this link. http://www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-DBS.... I have a Parkinson's suffering friend who had a Palidotomy and then one of these deep brain stimulation implants. Helped her become upright and ambulatory again......

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Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 6 months ago

Hey I hope the research does help veterans and others with brain injuries. However, the methods used do seem rather extreme.

I mean, I would be sure and remember (and do a lot of other things) better if I knew I was going to get shocked in the brain if I got it wrong!

What was the new guys name?-- ZZZZZPHT -- Youch! 😁

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  Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 6 months ago
  
  Listen carefully. Listen carefully. Listen carefully.
  All you have to do to avoid the shock is to take this gun and go to the nearest community college. Then pretend to be a local militia member and start shooting people.
  Relax. Relax. Relax.
  When you open your eyes you will not remember anything except how to avoid the shock.
  Open your eyes.
  
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    Posted by robgambrill 8 years, 6 months ago
    
    Yeah the article has shades similar to the book "The Terminal Man" by Michael Chrichton. If I remember right the guy in the book gets electrodes in his brain and it all goes wrong and he then goes on a killing spree.
    
    Of course if nefarious people had control of such a thing, it would be a whole other book. A portable project F....
    
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