Comments | cyberpunk: Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind

fr0w in cyberpunk

Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind

Sep 23, 2011 13:35

BERKELEY - Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach ( Read more... )

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jabber September 23 2011, 17:40:08 UTC

Awesome!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/

morbid_curious September 24 2011, 00:10:02 UTC

A Cyberpunk classic, that one.

Cool jacesan September 23 2011, 18:47:39 UTC

Thanks for sharing.

databeast September 23 2011, 20:22:31 UTC

No good can come of this!

(at least, not according to the second half Win Wender's UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD at least, a great noir-cyberpunk film, in the truest literary interpretation of the cyberpunk oeuvre).

top_geezer September 25 2011, 15:09:04 UTC

Good post. Although I would have liked to hear your thoughts on this development.

fr0w September 25 2011, 16:35:07 UTC

I think It's very exciting, but I don't think it's going to lead to any real ethical questions at this point since it's more or less just turning your eyes into very poor video cameras. I'd be interested in what happens during dreams, aside from better image quality, that's as far as it it will go, as they haven't really bridge the gap of mental information with digital information. MRI technology is going to have improved and get smaller for any practical use. I'd be curious as to what would happened if they used this technique on other lobes of the brain.

top_geezer September 26 2011, 17:24:17 UTC

I think in the piece there was some suggestion that the images may become clearer with more development of the technology and that it may be possible to acquire images from other parts of the brain. This may raise some ethical questions as I could easily see some such images interpeted as 'thought crimes' by the authorities.

fr0w September 26 2011, 18:33:27 UTC

blargch.. sorry but, I hate 1984 analogies.

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kruku September 26 2011, 15:02:52 UTC

Oof! That's incredible. Should they ever develop it to the point where we can actually see a clear image it would be amazing. Think of the potentlial! We may be able sample images form the subconcious. Think of the potential for... porn!! hahaha:)