Sony plans to beam to the brain... (cnn.com)

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:43 AM
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Sony plans to beam to the brain... (cnn.com)

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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- If you think video games are engrossing now, just wait: PlayStation maker Sony Corp. has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain.

The technique could one day be used to create video games in which you can smell, taste, and touch, or to help people who are blind or deaf.

"The pulsed ultrasonic signal alters the neural timing in the cortex," the patent states. "No invasive surgery is needed to assist a person, such as a blind person, to view live and/or recorded images or hear sounds."

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/04/07/sony.brain.reut/index.html

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papau

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:46 AM
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1. I hope it works! :-)

:-)

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Speck Tater

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:46 AM
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2. Since it's ultrasonic and uses sound...

... will tinfoil hats protect me or should I be wearing accoustical ceiling tiles on my head?

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htuttle

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:48 AM
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3. Egg cartons

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Richard Steele

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:49 AM
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4. I'm not taking any chances: I'm wearing BOTH until I learn more!

On a serious note, this has some CREEPY implications for mind control.

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Lorien

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:50 AM
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5. Wow. While I'm sure this new technology will be

a great asset to the blind, the possibilities for gross abuse seem rather endless. Now we'll get or propaganda directly beamed into our cortex? :scared:

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Fri Apr-08-05 11:54 AM
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6. locking, as per DU rules

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