Until The End of the World is an odyssey for the modern age. As with Homer's Odyssey, the purpose of the journey is to restore sight -- a spiritual reconciliation between an obsessed father and a deserted son. Dr. Farber, in trying to find a cure for his wife's blindness, has created a device that allows the user to send images directly to the brain, enabling the blind to see.
The creation and operation of such a machine is in stark contrast to a deteriorating global situation, where the continued existence of mankind is under threat from a nuclear powered satellite that is falling toward earth. Until The End of the World is a tale of love and hope -- a metaphor for the journey we must all take toward our future? the ultimate road movie. /:b On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, info wrote: > Scientists extract images directly from brain. > > Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories > have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the > images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it > was announced on December 11. According to the researchers, further > development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other > people’s dreams while they sleep. > > The scientists were able to reconstruct various images viewed by a > person by analyzing changes in their cerebral blood flow. Using a > functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine, the researchers > first mapped the blood flow changes that occurred in the cerebral visual > cortex as subjects viewed various images held in front of their eyes. > Subjects were shown 400 random 10 x 10 pixel black-and-white images for > a period of 12 seconds each. While the fMRI machine monitored the > changes in brain activity, a computer crunched the data and learned to > associate the various changes in brain activity with the different image > designs. > > more... > http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/scientists-extract-images-directly-from-brain > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
