Brain replacement chip to be tested

[theotherguy]

The first fully functional Input/Output chip for the human brain is about to be tested in live animals. Scientists at USC under the lead of Theodore Berger have over the past 8 years been individually stimulating nerons in the brains of monkies and rats to determine the "neural code" that the brain uses, and have succeeded in writing a programming language that can convert those signals into raw binary data, and vice versa. The system uses lasers to stimulate neurons rather than direct current, and receives signals from direct contact.

They plan to use it to allow patients with amnesia and alzheimers to remember things more easily, since it replaces an area of the brain used to transfer memories.

Its function will be to mimic the structure of the nerve tissue in the hippocampus by placing multiple electrodes on an array, to listen for incoming neuron activity, and then to stimulate electrodes to deliver the appropriate output to the rest of the brain ? potentially restoring memory function for patients with tissue damage.

Although it only has medical uses for now, the implications of figuring out the language of neurons are enormous. The chip could potentially replace any area of the brain, even in the areas involved in sensing stimuli. I'm thinking the matrix here
http://www.neural-prosthesis.com/

 

[highlander]

Whoa , that's crazy shit.

 

[Cole]

They stole it from me.

 

[Krynn72]

Anyone not see this coming? It was only a matter of time.

 

[<RJMC>]

and the dominations begins

 

[Bad^Hat]

Holy damn. Next thing we'll have neural back-ups of important people.

4,000 more years of Bush!...?? D: D: D: D:

 

[Dog--]

I wish I was a cyborg....

 

[15357]

Ghost.

 

[highlander]

i say , who should we test this on first?

 

[Aenama]

Ghost in the Shell.

 

[[Dragoon]]

Cool. One step closer to matrix-style games. Who else is willing to undergo brain-surgery to play Half-life 5 like that?

 

[highlander]

*raises hand then realises it was a bad idea then slowly lowers hand* NO YOU

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I haxor j00 brain.

 

[ailevation]

It goes from Ghost in the Shell, to the Matrix.

In the future, we'll end up not needing our physical form. SCARY!

 

[TechnoHippyChic]

*raises hand then realises it was a bad idea then slowly lowers hand* NO YOU

A few people already have something like this, the "BrainGate"...

 

[nutcrackr]

I'll be able to look at porn without anybody noticing.

 

[Shippi]

.

 

[Beerdude26]

I'll go EMP on your ass

 

[Solaris]

Great until someone hacks it

AND CONTROLS YOUR MEMORIES

 

[Remus]

One great benefit I see from this technology apart from the already mentioned "Matrix like games" is the ability to simply download in an instant directly into your brain any info you want. However the thought of having your brain connected to the Internet is the scariest shit ever!

So the bottom line is, the risk is too great. No cybernetic implants for me.

 

[The Brick]

format brain:\

 

[Beerdude26]

format brain:\

Witness: "I saw him do it, your honor!"
Perpetrator: "No, you didn't." *snaps fingers*

 

[Darkwolf]

Hahahaha.

That's excellent.

Soon the WORLD WILL BE MINE!!!

<.<

 

[jondy]

format brain:\

To install the new windows!

 

[mortiz]

Ironically I was listening to the Robocop Theme Music just as I clicked on this thread.

 

[Rapstah]

Imagine the brain as a music player!

 

[Dekstar]

While you're all talking the matrix. I'm thinking more language. Imagine going on holiday somewhere abroad where they speak another language, so you just download a language pack from a site, and suddenly you speak the local dialect fluently.
that would be amazing.

 

[15357]

While you're all talking the matrix. I'm thinking more language. Imagine going on holiday somewhere abroad where they speak another language, so you just download a language pack from a site, and suddenly you speak the local dialect fluently.
that would be amazing.

Until you get butchered by anti-transhuman activists.

 

[Steel.Inferno]

But not knowing what the **** people are saying is half the point of going to a foreign country!

Cyborgs ftw.

 

[Remus]

you just download a language pack from a site, and suddenly you speak the local dialect fluently.

Yeah and with the language pack you also download spyware, and then everybody can see what you're thinking. Wow, nice one...

 

[15357]

I foresee a future where we shall no longer be able to tell the difference between robots and humans.

 

[Cole]

I foresee a future where we shall no longer be able to tell the difference between robots and humans.

You can see the future???



AWESOME!

 

[15357]

What I have seen, you shalt not imagine.... I have seen the light, the darkness, and the shadow beyond....

 

[Angry Lawyer]

I like the concept of transhumanism. Sadly, religion will probably call a crusade/jihad on killing everyone who's part of the machine.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Terminator]

Lol, syndicate wars.

 

[The Brick]

I like the concept of transhumanism. Sadly, religion will probably call a crusade/jihad on killing everyone who's part of the machine.

-Angry Lawyer

Then we'll download neo.cfg and pwn those muthabitches.

 

[Dekstar]

Yeah and with the language pack you also download spyware, and then everybody can see what you're thinking. Wow, nice one...

Hey if you don't have a good anti-virus installed, it's your own fault.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

So if we can now "read" the brain, let's get work on writing to the brain and then we can have Half-Life 6 played with our brains I know what most of you here do with your mind with Alyx, and soon enough your dreams will be realized lol

 

[clarky003]

This would be good for suppressing certain urges, homicidal tendancies in criminals etc. Also could suppress sexual urges for pedos or atleast help to find out where the problem arises.

 

[Que-Ever]

Welcome, my son
Welcome, to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright, we know where you've been.