Posted on 11/17/2007 3:35:04 PM PST by BGHater
Sounds interesting, but gives me images of Capt. Christopher Pike from the orignal Star Trek series...
My............foot..........itches.
Buy ... more ... ovalt... son of a bitch!
No kidding.
Don’t let Nurse Smith touch me there....
There are some things goin’ on in there that I might not want to share!
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.
No kidding. I have enough trouble keeping my mouth shut while I’m capable of doing so.
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"George......Bush.....did.....this.....to.....me......"
"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."
Ya know, Pike just might have been a liberal. He did prefer living in fantasy land to living with the harsh reality.
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!!
Makes me think of the government implanting chips in all those born into future generations. You think the thought police are bad now!!
No...more...waterboarding...pleeaaassseee! LOL
He kept thinking, “P...2...2...6...”
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.
The obvious potential is to bypass torture and waterboarding and truth serums, etc., and simply dig out the information needed.
Please...Kill...Me
Or worse yet....
Kids...be sure to drink your Ovaltine!
or worse still...
pron...needs...more PRON...NOW!
prisoner6
More.........cow........bell
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