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Neuroscientists At MIT Developing DNI

Posted by Zonk on from the jack-in-and-tune-out dept.

coolphysco1010 wrote to discuss the possible development of a direct neural interface, ala 'The Matrix', that could eventually allow for instant object recognition. From the article: "Now, neuroscientists in the McGovern Institute at MIT have been able to decipher a part of the code involved in recognizing visual objects. Practically speaking, computer algorithms used in artificial vision systems might benefit from mimicking these newly uncovered codes ... In a fraction of a second, visual input about an object runs from the retina through increasingly higher levels of the visual stream, continuously reformatting the information until it reaches the highest purely visual level, the inferotemporal (IT) cortex. The IT cortex identifies and categorizes the object and sends that information to other brain regions."

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  1. Imagine the possibilities... by theufo · · Score: 3, Funny

    for adult entertainment.

    1. Re:Imagine the possibilities... by exaviger · · Score: 4, Funny

      wohoo, alter my IT neurons to think my girl friend looks like buffy :)

    2. Re:Imagine the possibilities... by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now were you R'ingTFA, or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?

  2. Sweet mother of brain implants. by Mecdemort · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to be first in line for the new computer interface brain implants. Hopefully they don't run windows.

    1. Re:Sweet mother of brain implants. by Mecdemort · · Score: 2, Funny

      Indeed, I was hinting at a new high of laziness that could be achieved. No longer would you have to move your fingers to use the computer. It would be possible to actually vegitate.

  3. Chair by GloomE · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm looking to purchase a dentist chair.
    Hole in the headrest preferable.

  4. Fabulous by Centurix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they could simulate the feeling of taking a really great dump.

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    1. Re:Fabulous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Looks like some fool marked you as troll, but I understand. I took a dump tonight that made my fucking legs ache. Now that's reality!

  5. OMFG by russint · · Score: 3, Funny

    this could make LSD obsolete!

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  6. Re:feedback loop? by CptNerd · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what if we're already in the matrix.. that would be a direct neural interface inside a direct neural interface... Talk about a mind bender.. or should I say 'spoon bender'?

    Or more likely just Bender: "We're boned!"

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  7. Re:Matrix? by Haydn+Fenton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sigh.
    Looser is what grammar and spelling nazi's should be. Loser is what grammar and spelling nazi's are.
    What's so damn bad about someone making a mistake so minor that anybody with an IQ higher than a banana can still understand?
    ;-)