Month: September 2022

CUT AND PASTE MEMORIES. “MIT neuroscientist Roger Redondo and his team started by gathering a sample group of genetically engineered mice. This system enabled the team to use doxycycline as a sort of “record/pause” button for neural activity in the animals’ brains.” https://lnkd.in/dk3ExPV View in LinkedIn

EMOTIONAL MEMORY. “Our present work provides new insight into the functional neural circuits underlying the malleability of emotional memory.” https://lnkd.in/dbStCyh View in LinkedIn

IMPLANTED MEMORIES. “Scientists can make copies of memories.” (Ted Berger). "I asked Berger if his artificial hippocampus could be used to implant false memories in people. He said that they’ve tried it with monkeys and found that giving their brains a code for the wrong symbol sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t." https://lnkd.in/diFYbCn View in LinkedIn

TELEPATHY ACHIEVED. “We’ve even emailed verbal thoughts back and forth from person to person.” https://lnkd.in/eFd9Fdg View in LinkedIn

FUTURE APPLICATIONS. “Now the researchers are working on applying that technique to reconstructing the imaginary—images seen by the mind’s eye or the internal speech that narrates your thoughts. These scientists too envision helping people with locked-in syndrome or ALS communicate, perhaps by using a device that would speak their thoughts aloud.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bright-approach-to-brain-implants-1453480543 View in LinkedIn

DARK USE. “The U.S. military wants soldiers that have superhuman eyesight, controllable augmented muscles that turn untrained novices into expert killers, and more. The report, titled Cyborg Soldiers 205: Human/ Machine Fusion and the Implications for the Future of the DOD, reads like the framework for a dystopian novel set in a near future where injured soldiers are cybernetically enhanced, but come home to an America terrified of cyborgs.” https://lnkd.in/deGnthG View in LinkedIn