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'Brain Pacemakers' Being Tested

Posted by simoniker on from the jolt-to-the-synapses dept.

meshmar writes "Shades of 'The Terminal Man'? Rob Stein of The Washington Post has reported, via MSNBC, that: 'A handful of scientists around the world have begun cautiously experimenting with devices implanted in patients' bodies to deliver precisely targeted electrical stimulation to the brain in hopes of treating otherwise hopeless behavioral, neurological and psychiatric disorders.' A lot of good can come out of this - potentially. But I can see a the potential for misuse too."

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  1. Someone has to say it... by orion024 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Time to invest in tin foil!

  2. Didn't Crichton write a book about this? by irritating+environme · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Some psychopath being treated with a pleasure center stimulator.

    Unfortunately, he built up resistance and eventually the thing did nothing, and exacerbated his condition, and he went on a killing spree.

    Granted its fiction, but it seems at least passably grounded in science.

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  3. access point by silicon+not+in+the+v · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've just got this to say about that:
    They just better not enable wireless access to this thing.

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