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Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue
An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that in the military's continuing search for better sensory input they have started looking at the tongue as a 'superior transmitter'. From the article: 'A narrow strip of red plastic connects the Brain Port to the tongue where 144 microelectrodes transmit information through nerve fibers to the brain. Instead of holding and looking at compasses and bluky-hand-held sonar devices, the divers can processes the information through their tongues, said Dr. Anil Raj, the project's lead scientist.'"
With extended use, this thing better have some nice flavors available to combat my gag reflex. I suppose one could get used to having something in their mouth constantly, but so far I've only grown accustomed to pen caps.
Yep, I never spell check.
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Sounds like there's a lot more tongue-probing in science than IT. I'm switching fields.
he's a real cunning linguist.
What?
Well, my wife seems to find uses for my tongue. but she's no scientist.....
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...tastes just like chicken.
"We've got incoming bogeys, due vanilla by vanilla-strawberry. And either that was some damn strong cofee this morning, or there's at least twenty of em'!"
Aside from tasting things, there is only one other good use for my tongue, and my girlfriend agrees.
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OK, seriously. If I had a name that could in any way be mispronounced as something like "Anal Rage," I'd seriously consider changing it before attempting to do anything noteworthy.
:P
That said, this is cool tech. I wonder if it could eventually be implemented as a chip implanted in the tongue, communicating wirelessly with a small computer? 15 years from now, instead of our kids getting tongue piercings, they'll all be getting "tongue implants."
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This is truly one technology that would require first hand experience to have much comment. If I am receiving some input that registers in the vision centers of my brain how does that interact with my regular vision. Over 38 years of moving about I have managed to coordinate my senses and motor skills. If I had a rear view of some kind in addition to my regular binocular vision how what would that experience be like? Would it make me dizzy?
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I Taste.. Danger. Kif bring me the mouth wash.
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This technology has been around for a while: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010901/bob14 .asp
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...a revolutionary technology already being referred to as Anilingus.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
How long can it be before scientists realize that the Zoq-Fot-Pik have already perfected the tongueing attack in their struggles against the zebranky.
That's "Mr. Soulless Automaton" to you, Bub.
At least for men, I can think of another organ that provides quite possibly the most direct neural route to the brain.....
And you could use it withowt talkinth likth thith!
This will lead to some interesting Post-Traumatic Stress disorders in the future. Some poor army guy will take one bite of his eggplant parmesan and dive under the table, all, "INCOMING! AAIEE!"
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This does not make a lick of sense.