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Is Neurostim Becoming a Reality?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the implantable-happy-sauce dept.

destinyland writes "There is a current mass market for 'cognitive enhancement' products — and arguments about the black market potential for neurostim. 'The same neurostim device that uses electric impulses from a brain implant to treat people with Parkinson's Disease can be tweaked by a few millimeters and pulse rates to make cocaine addicts feel like they are high all the time... Mix the glamour of surgical self-improvement with the geekiness of high-tech gadget fetishism and you have a niche cosmetic neurostim market waiting to be tapped...'"

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  1. My name is Louis Wu by bmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    And can I have my droud back, please?

    Thanks

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    BMO

  2. Aye Aye by mbkennel · · Score: 5, Funny

    All those neurostimming drug fiends always hog the best tables at my internet provider, doing stupid stuff, reading junk and talking about nothing when they could be recompiling their C compiler.

  3. Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... by DigiShaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look pal, it's easy. You just take this neurospike and that hammer and apply according to the instructions. Now, you'll get a splitting headache afterward, but that goes without saying.

    If your still interested in my other products, check out my new and improved nut-vice. Pure pain with pleasure!

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    Life is not for the lazy.
  4. Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    And if it doesn't, it might win you a Darwin award.

    Or you might be a redneck.

  5. Did the definition of glamour change? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mix the glamour of surgical self-improvement

    Yeah, until they find your body. Then it has all the "glamor" of autoerotic asphyxiation.

  6. Re:Screw making me happy by lattyware · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe later.

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  7. Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Peter: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Remember that?
    Egon: That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

  8. Re:Possibilities. . . by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've known some women who report similar results with a "TENS" unit.

    I'd like my orgasmatron to go up to "ELEVENS" personally.