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Manipulating the Brain with Magnets
hackwrench points to this Boston Globe story, writing "Some guy has figured out how to use magnets to disable or enhance part of the brain." And this is on a part of the science spectrum not occupied by Alex Chiu.
magnetic stimulators charge up to a whopping 3,000 volts and produce peak currents of up to 8,000 amps - powers similar to those of a small nuclear reactor.
Ok, seriously... Who would volunteer to have this tested on them?
Tester: Hey, would you mind if I strap this 3,000 volt & 8,000 amp electromagnet to your head?
Idiot: What's in it for me?
Tester: It'll make you go deaf & mute for a few minutes.
Idiot: Cool! When can we start?
TMS did induce several seizures in participants in the early years, but researchers have since worked out technical safety rules that prevent them and established that no significant memory loss occurs.
No, nothing significant. Just the standard 3,000 volts through the brain memory loss. Sign me up!
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Prediction: the first consumer device to use this technology will be a headband unit that will knock out your hearing so you can actually get some sleep on an airplane.
It will be sold in Sporty's for $699 and Slashdotters will complain that earplugs work almost as well.
The next generation will actually knock you unconcious, leaving nothing to chance.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
Scared the hell out of me.
An 8500 amp zap to region 5 of the limbic area will cure that. Total shut-down of the fear response.
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So that's what McCoy put on his head when he replaced Spock's brain--TMS v357 SP3. Amazing.
Side effects include constant urge to face North.
Table-ized A.I.