Scientists Create Lullabies From Brain Waves

Lord Custos writes "From ABC News: Your Brain Waves are Better than Sleeping Pills! Everyone has a song in them...literally. And you can use it to put yourself to sleep. Canadian scientists have discovered that deep sleep can be induced in insomniacs by copying the insomniacs brainwaves, turning it into 'music', and then playing this 'audio transcription' of their own sleep brainwave pattern back to them."

Comments

Implications

[prockcore]

I wonder if I can

cat /proc/kcore | /dev/dsp

to put my computer to sleep.

Re:Implications

[JamesSharman]

I don't know about that but:

cat /dev/dsp > /proc/kcore

Will definetly work! :-)

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[ndogg]

What better place than here to find insomniacs?

Cowboy Neal is obviously no exception to the rule:
"Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 29, @02:15AM"

Obvious Questions

[guttentag]

What military applications exist for this new lullaby technology?

Can we scan the enemy's brainwaves and put him to sleep? Can we scan the brainwaves of foreign dignitaries while they visit the White House, put them to sleep and steal their pocket change and state secrets while they're out cold? How long will it take to weaponize these lullabies? Can the weapon be mounted on a satellite or disguised as a pack of cigarettes?

Dammit, you should have figured these things out before announcing this. We need to know and we need to know now.

I try it but ...

[YeeHaW_Jelte]

... my brains would probably just produce a heap of white noise, as I can't make up my mind.