[extropy-chat] First Extropic Brain Augment

[Mike Lorrey]

>From "SiliconValleyToday.com":
"This is your brain. This is your brain on .... err: Strong electrical
impulses sent through your brain will fry it, but weaker ones can boost
your verbal skills by up to 20 percent. Researchers at the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke say a current of two
thousandths of an ampere (a fraction of that needed to power an LED)
applied for 20 minutes boosts brain activity - enough to produce a
significant improvement in verbal response. And apart from an itchy
sensation around the area to which the current is applied, subjects in
the trials reported no side effects. "This process is so easy to
miniaturize that it essentially becomes wearable," lead researcher Eric
Wassermann told Wired News. "One day a patient could be wearing it in a
hat with the power source in a bucket and turning it on perhaps at
critical times of day.""

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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