Re: OT; latest tinfoil beanie technology

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh he'll be different, he'll be the guy you hear on the radio spouting this
stuff and saying the government wants to kill him.

My bet is he was sodomized by a catholic priest as a kid

"Crash" <robosama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1152971904.615225.295170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Which model chip did you get implanted?
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> McGinn wrote:
> > "Crash" <robosama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1152888807.006848.186190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > http://zapatopi.net/afdb/history.html#COINS
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> > Technology available to FBI, CIA and NSA PSYCHOPATHS is 30 years AHEAD
of
> > technology available to the american public.
> >
> > ONLY LOW IQ SLAVES and MORONS are obsessed by tin foils and meds. Read
the
> > following and EDUCATE and PROTECT YOURSELF and YOUR FAMILIES from the
EVIL
> > AMERICAN GOVT PSYCHOPATHS.
> >
> > EVERY AMERICAN will be MANDATORILY  INSERTED with a SYNTHETIC TELEPATHY
chip
> > in about 10 -15 years from now so the EVIL AMERICAN GOVT can know WHAT
YOU
> > are THINKING.
> >
> > FDA already APPROVED verichip to be IMPLANTED in patients bodies. Just
> > google for the words "verichip" and patients.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/8add8661de87ddc3?hl=en&;
> >
> >
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115274937020005165.html?mod=djemTAR
> >
> > A start-up founded by leading neuroscientists will report that a
> > patient in a clinical trial who had electrodes implanted in his brain
used
> > his thoughts to control a computer cursor, send email and operate a
> > robotic arm.
> >
> >
> > Harnessing Thought to Help the Injured
> >
> > By SHIRLEY WANG and ANTONIO REGALADO
> > July 13, 2006; Page B1
> >
> > Scientists have long dreamed of harnessing thoughts to allow amputees to
> > move their prosthetic limbs or patients with brain-stem injuries to
speak
> > with the aid of a computer.
> >
> > Results released today from a clinical trial of four paralyzed patients
> > suggest the mind-control technology faces complex challenges but appears
to
> > be feasible. In the latest in a series of pioneering human tests of
direct
> > mind control over electronic devices, a start-up company founded by
leading
> > neuroscientists reports in the journal Nature that a patient who had
> > electrodes implanted in his brain used his thoughts to control a
computer
> > cursor, send email and operate a robotic arm.
> >
> > Engineers have envisioned using the mind to directly control devices for
> > decades, but technological advances and better understanding of the
brain
> > have made actual tests in humans possible only recently. And some hope
that
> > new investments by the U.S. military will result in a few years in new
> > devices to help veterans and others with devastating injuries.
> >
> > "The whole field is bubbling up," says Philip Kennedy, chief scientist
and
> > CEO of Neural Signals, a closely held Atlanta company doing research in
the
> > field. While still at an early stage, excitement over early findings has
led
> > to increases in funding and attention.
> >
> > The four-patient trial, including the patient described in Nature, uses
> > what's known as a "neural prosthetic," an implant to record nerve
signals
> > inside the brain and use them to control electronic devices. The study
was
> > paid for and the brain implant built by Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology
> > Systems Inc., a Foxborough, Mass. company.
> >
> > Researchers caution that it will likely take a decade for brain implants
or
> > similar devices to come to market -- a long time for companies in the
field
> > to wait for a payoff. "This is a start, showing efficacy in a human, but
> > still far from being a useful device," says Andrew Schwartz, a professor
of
> > neurobiology and bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh who has
> > conducted similar research in monkeys.
> >
> > Scientists are pursuing a range of strategies to achieve the goal of
direct
> > mind control over machines. Some efforts measure signals inside the
brain,
> > others use brain waves that can be recorded outside the skull.
> >
> > Creating a fast, reliable and, above all, natural way for patients to
use
> > limbs and senses that they thought were gone is the ultimate goal of the
> > field of brain-computer interfaces, says Leigh Hochberg, a
neuroscientist at
> > Massachusetts General Hospital who is the lead author of the Nature
article.
> >
> > The study shows that "this part of the brain can still be used to
control an
> > external device even years after spinal-cord injury," Dr. Hochberg says.
> >
> > The large number of injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
has
> > motivated the government to accelerate prosthetics research. In
February,
> > the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency kicked off two
programs
> > backed by $48.5 million in funding to create artificial limbs, including
> > ones that can be operated by the wearer's thoughts.
> >
> > "We can have a big impact on people's lives. People who have been doing
> > their part on behalf of the country," says Rick Needham, an engineer
with
> > Manchester, N.H.-based DEKA Research & Development Corp., which is being
> > funded by Darpa. DEKA, whose president, Dean Kamen, also created the
Segway
> > upright scooter, is working on a sophisticated battery-powered
prosthetic
> > arm with rotating shoulder, elbow and wrist joints.
> >
> > To effectively operate such sophisticated devices, direct brain control
> > could be useful. Scientists like Dr. Schwartz have shown that by placing
> > electrodes in the brains of monkeys, they can listen in on nerve signals
> > that tell them how an animal intends to move.
> >
> > In one 2000 experiment, for instance, researchers at Duke University
used a
> > monkey's thoughts to control a robot hundreds of miles away in
> > Massachusetts.
> >
> > In the Cyberkinetics clinical trial, doctors have surgically implanted
> > nearly 100 electrodes in the brains of four patients. Computer software
was
> > used to pick up signals from the patient's brains as they imagined
making
> > movements, such as moving their arms.
> >
> > The patient whose experience was described in Nature is Matthew Nagle,
who
> > was paralyzed in 2001 when he was 21. He was the first person outfitted
with
> > the Cyberkinetics system. He was able to draw simple figures on a
computer
> > screen, and even play the videogame Pong, using his thoughts. Mr.
Nagle's
> > implant also was connected to a robotic arm, which he used to move an
> > object, and a prosthetic hand, which he opened and closed.
> >
> > Mr. Nagle had the device removed at the end of his one-year trial in
order
> > to have an operation to assist his breathing.
> >
> > Since 2004, Cyberkinetics has raised more than $17 million from selling
> > stock and warrants to investors. The company's stock is traded on the
OTC
> > Bulletin Board, where stocks of small companies often trade when they
can't
> > meet the listing requirements for the larger Nasdaq market.
> >
> > Joseph Pancrazio, program director for neural engineering in the
division of
> > extramural research of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and
> > Stroke in Bethesda, Md., says the Nature study "has tremendous
implications
> > for the application of brain-machine interfaces with people with
> > disabilities." Given that so much earlier work with implants involved
> > healthy monkeys, their employment in injured humans is "a major
milestone."
> > The institute spent $25 million on neural prosthetics in 2005, he says,
and
> > funded work that led to the current study.
> >
> > Not all scientists in the field are ready to be impressed yet. "I'm
asking
> > myself, what was the advantage that the patient got?" says Miguel
Nicolelis,
> > a professor of neurobiology at Duke University. "What has been
accomplished
> > could have been accomplished from noninvasive methods?"
> >
> > The New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center in Albany,
N.Y.,
> > has been working on using a less-invasive technology, a brain-wave cap,
> > which fits much like a swim cap, to allow patients to email from their
> > homes, according to Jonathan Wolpaw, who heads the center's laboratory
that
> > studies nervous-system disorders. The first patient, a scientist in his
late
> > 40s with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, was
fitted
> > with a brain-computer-interface system in February and can send emails
at
> > the rate of a couple words a minute. A second user, an ALS sufferer in
his
> > late 60s, will be fitted with the system this month. The entire system
costs
> > less than $5,000.
> >
> > Dr. Wolpaw's research program, whose funding comes from the National
> > Institutes of Health and various private foundations, is looking into
> > establishing a nonprofit company for this technology in the next few
months.
> >
> > For a few patients, any connection to the outside world may be of value.
> > Neural Signals is in the process of harnessing brain-computer-interface
> > technology to restore conversational speech in people who have lost the
> > ability to talk. An electrode is implanted into one brain region
involved in
> > speech, Broca's area, and a computer tries to translate the patterns
into
> > sound.
> >
> > The company has implanted electrodes in five patients since 1996,
according
> > Dr. Kennedy, the CEO. Their current patient, a 23-year-old who suffered
> > brain-stem trauma from a stroke following a car accident, received the
> > implant in December 2004. He has limited ability to move just his eyes.
> > After his semiweekly sessions using the system, he is able to make seven
> > sounds or short words, including "yes" and "no." The goal is to give him
the
> > ability to speak 100 words, a goal that is reachable within the year,
> > according to Dr. Kennedy.
> >
> > Write to Shirley Wang at shirley.wang@xxxxxxx and Antonio Regalado at
>