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Paralysed man's mind is 'read'
BBC ^ | 15 Nov 2007 | BBC

Posted on 11/17/2007 3:35:04 PM PST by BGHater

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Wow.
1 posted on 11/17/2007 3:35:05 PM PST by BGHater
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Sounds interesting, but gives me images of Capt. Christopher Pike from the orignal Star Trek series...


2 posted on 11/17/2007 3:38:05 PM PST by TMSuchman (American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
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To: BGHater

My............foot..........itches.


3 posted on 11/17/2007 3:39:45 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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Buy ... more ... ovalt... son of a bitch!


4 posted on 11/17/2007 3:41:18 PM PST by r9etb
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No kidding.

Don’t let Nurse Smith touch me there....


5 posted on 11/17/2007 3:41:38 PM PST by BGHater (Lead. The MSG for the 21st Century.)
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There are some things goin’ on in there that I might not want to share!


6 posted on 11/17/2007 3:45:00 PM PST by bannie
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Great. I just hope the guy doesn’t have a bad dream where someone turns of his life support. It may be seen as his final wish.

This is interesting.


7 posted on 11/17/2007 3:46:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
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No kidding. I have enough trouble keeping my mouth shut while I’m capable of doing so.


8 posted on 11/17/2007 3:47:53 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: TMSuchman

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"George......Bush.....did.....this.....to.....me......"

9 posted on 11/17/2007 3:50:55 PM PST by Lizavetta ( Politicians: When they're speaking, they're lying - when they're not speaking, they're stealing.)
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What a nightmare young Eric Ramsey has been living in: Breakthrough: Mind-Reading Software Could Make Paralyzed People Speak!

"The researchers made their investigation with Eric Ramsay, 27, a young man left paralytic by a car accident for eight years. He is well aware but he cannot express other way than through eye movements.

Now researchers, tracking cell signaling between the young man's brain cells, could translate his brain activity into sounds, according to The New Scientist.

In 2004, researchers implanted in the patient a wireless electrode, 6 mm below the surface of his brain, in the area known to trigger the impulses that go to the muscles of the tongue and mouth, resulting sound production and speech. After investigating the patterns of these nerve signals, triggered when Ramsey intended to speak, the researchers developed a software that could transform them into a computer "voice", which one day could generate blocks of words.

The investigations revealed a clear brain pattern forming when Ramsey attempted to pronounce the vowels "oh", "ee" and "oo". Various patterns were linked with many sounds, and the research team assesses that they can correctly say what Ramsey wanted to say in 80 % of the cases. In a few weeks, a computer could turn Ramsay's brain pattern signaling into sounds which will be audible in real time.

After vowels, the researchers will tackle consonants, the last step which will give Ramsey back the possibility to "speak". "Conversation is what we're hoping for, but we're pretty far from that," said Joe Wright of Neural Signals, a Duluth, Georgia, based company, which develop the technology employed by Ramsey.

The scientists chose Ramsey for their investigation because of his young age, which means he has a long further life expectancy and can withstand several investigations weekly."

10 posted on 11/17/2007 4:06:51 PM PST by xJones
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I find that sometimes the filter 'tween the brain and the mouth needs work!


11 posted on 11/17/2007 4:10:10 PM PST by bannie
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To: Lizavetta

Ya know, Pike just might have been a liberal. He did prefer living in fantasy land to living with the harsh reality.


12 posted on 11/17/2007 4:10:35 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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Who in God’s name would give permission for the doctor’s to do this. I don’t see any mention of relatives but might have missed it....Not too swift tonight!!


13 posted on 11/17/2007 4:20:42 PM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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Makes me think of the government implanting chips in all those born into future generations. You think the thought police are bad now!!


14 posted on 11/17/2007 4:22:48 PM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: r9etb

No...more...waterboarding...pleeaaassseee! LOL


15 posted on 11/17/2007 4:35:34 PM PST by johnnycap
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To: BGHater

He kept thinking, “P...2...2...6...”


16 posted on 11/17/2007 4:57:17 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough (Music washes away the dust of every day life. ---Art Blakey)
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To: BGHater

Now, if they really wanted to test their theory, they’d use a healthy person, and have them write down a thought, concentrate on it during the test, and then have them confirm the results after the test.


17 posted on 11/17/2007 4:58:47 PM PST by PAR35
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The obvious potential is to bypass torture and waterboarding and truth serums, etc., and simply dig out the information needed.


18 posted on 11/17/2007 5:19:20 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
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What if it tranlsates to ....

Please...Kill...Me

Or worse yet....

Kids...be sure to drink your Ovaltine!

or worse still...

pron...needs...more PRON...NOW!

prisoner6

19 posted on 11/17/2007 5:20:43 PM PST by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the Left fall out.)
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More.........cow........bell


20 posted on 11/17/2007 5:30:13 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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