60 Minutes: Harnessing The Power Of The Brain

[amyrose2712]

Interesting piece on 60 Minutes last night. It will be wonderful to see what they will accomplish once they master nano-technologies. It's amazing we could do if we concentrated as much time and money on scientific research like this, as we do on defense in the world.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/31/60minutes/main4560940.shtml

(CBS) Once in a while, we run across a science story that is hard to believe until you see it. That's how we felt about this story when we first saw human beings operating computers, writing e-mails, and driving wheelchairs with nothing but their thoughts.

Quietly in a number of laboratories, an astounding technology is developing that directly connects the human brain to a computer. It's like a sudden leap in human evolution - a leap that could one day help paralyzed people to walk again and amputees to move bionic limbs. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, the connection has already been made for a few people, and for them it has been life changing.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. cool stuff!!

[phantom power]

2. A lot of this is/will-be funded by the defense department.

The military applications will be legion.

[amyrose2712]

4. yeah, I guess that is true.

[Festivito]

6. If not already implemented. Cool find.

It still might be a little slow for combat application. Great for Lou Gehrig's sufferers.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. That was an amazing segment.

This is really wonderful technology.

[Turbineguy]

5. This would never be shown

on Faux.

Unless it went like this: That's how we felt about this story when we first saw human beings operating computers, writing e-mails, and driving wheelchairs with nothing but their asses.