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Implant a Chip in Your Head

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-about-brain-popup-ads dept.

vic_1066 writes "Brain chips sound pretty Orwellian, but the tech has come a long way (Soul eating registration required) in the past few years. Not that I'll be signing up anytime soon to get my head sliced open just for kicks, but if I was massively paralyzed this would be welcome news. If you get a chance, check out Cyberkinetics Inc."

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  1. Interface, Stephen Bury by denubis · · Score: 2, Informative

    Interface, by Stephen Bury (a pseudonym for Neal Stephenson) is a fun exploration of media manipulation coupled with this idea. It goes slightly over the top in assuming the resources mentioned, but in terms of showing what is possible, it's quite interesting.

    It's also a very fun read.

  2. Re:What about using this for video game play? by IceAgeComing · · Score: 2, Informative

    Follow the CyberKinetics link above: they've already implanted chips in monkeys and taught them to play video games with brainwaves alone.

  3. reg free link by saderax · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/health/13BRAI.ht ml?ex=1082433600&en=a9a9d7096d1a147f&ei=5062&partn er=GOOGLE

  4. No Reg Link From Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/health/13BRAI.ht ml?ex=1082433600&en=a9a9d7096d1a147f&ei=5062&partn er=GOOGLE

  5. Re:What about using this for video game play? by Ygorl · · Score: 2, Informative

    At this point the level of control the monkeys have isn't wonderful; good enough for HoMM probably, but pretty useless for any FPS games.