BRAIN IMPLANTS

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BRAIN IMPLANTS
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THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED

• HELPING THE BLIND
• ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF OPTICAL NERVES
• HELPING THOSE WHOSE OPTICAL RECEPTORS HAVE BEEN
  DAMAGED
• SIGNALS FROM NEURON GROUPINGS HAVE BEEN USED TO
  CONTROL A PHYSICAL DEVICE
• CAN HELP PARALYZED INDIVIDUALS
• USE OWN LIMBS
• USE PROSTHETICS
• USED TO HAVE PARALYZED MAN CONTROL A COMPUTER

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• ELECTRODES IMPLANTED IN MONKEYS BRAIN CONNECTED
  TO A COMPUTER MOUSE USED TO MOVE CURSOR
• COCKROACHES WITH ELECTRODES IMPLANTED CARRYING
  CAMERAS ELECTRODES USED TO GIVE IT INSTRUCTIONS

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• RATS STEERED BY COMPUTERS
• FIND EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS?
• (WORK FOR PLEASURE THE PLEASURE CENTERS IN THE
  BRAIN ARE STIMULATED.)
• (ASSASINATION?)
• SIGNALS FROM A CATS BRAIN AND SEE WHAT THE CAT
  IS SEEING
• CAN SEE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAW
• CAN MAKE A PERSON WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SEE?

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• DELGADO
• CHANGED SOCIAL ORDERS OF FREE ROAMING GIBBONS
• INDUCE SCHIZOPHRENIA
• HAVING SOLDIER ON BATTLEFIELD LOSE CONTROL

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SOUL CATCHER 2025

• (OR THE END OF DEATH)
• CHIP TO CAPTURE ALL VISUAL AND PHYSICAL
  SENSATIONS
• RETAIN GENES OF AN INDIVIDUAL
• RECREATE THE INDIVIDUAL?

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• PARKINSONS SYMPTOMS ALLEVIATED
• PACEMAKER FOR THE BRAIN
• (PERFECTING IMPLANTS)

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• DOWNLOADING WHAT IS IN A HUMANS BRAIN AND
  PUTTING IT INTO A ROBOT

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• HUMANITYS ABILITY TO ALTER ITS OWN BRAIN
  FUNCTION MIGHT WELL SHAPE HISTORY AS POWERFULLY
  AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF METALLURGY IN THE IRON AGE.

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