Scientists extract images directly from brain[views:1859][posts:19]______________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 2:35am - the_reverend ""] http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/scient...extract-images-directly-from-brain/ |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 6:22am - Sacreligion ""] REALLY?! |
| __________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 6:47am - Samantha ""] That is amazing. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 8:34am - Kadoogan ""] 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. Then, when the test subjects were shown a completely new set of images, such as the letters N-E-U-R-O-N, the system was able to reconstruct and display what the test subjects were viewing based solely on their brain activity. For now, the system is only able to reproduce simple black-and-white images. But Dr. Kang Cheng, a researcher from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, suggests that improving the measurement accuracy will make it possible to reproduce images in color. “These results are a breakthrough in terms of understanding brain activity,” says Dr. Cheng. “In as little as 10 years, advances in this field of research may make it possible to read a person’s thoughts with some degree of accuracy.” The researchers suggest a future version of this technology could be applied in the fields of art and design — particularly if it becomes possible to quickly and accurately access images existing inside an artist’s head. The technology might also lead to new treatments for conditions such as psychiatric disorders involving hallucinations, by providing doctors a direct window into the mind of the patient. ATR chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani says, “This technology can also be applied to senses other than vision. In the future, it may also become possible to read feelings and complicated emotional states.” The research results appear in the December 11 issue of US science journal Neuron. ----------------------- Holy hell. this is gonna be everything I've always wanted science to do. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 9:25am - the_reverend ""] not me, hover bikes. |
| ________________________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 9:47am - The Cynic You Deserve ""] [img] |
| ___________________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 10:09am - MillenialKingdom ""] This is cool! |
| _________________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 11:24am - DomesticTerror ""] next step, putting images in people's brains. Weapon X, here we come. |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 5:15pm - PatMeebles ""] Thought Crime legislation within 10 years or some variation of it to deal with "criminal intent." Count on it. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 5:23pm - SkinSandwich ""] [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 6:19pm - immortal13 ""] That's cool, but I really don't want people reading my mind. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 11:29pm - sever ""] immortal13 said:That's cool, but I really don't want people reading my mind. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 14,2008 11:53pm - grizloch ""] I would love for people to read my mind, fuck you guys, if a dude can read my mind, then a robot could too, and robots are built to serve, man, fuckin A in the time it took you to read that my mind reading robot brought me a boston creme doughnut and a slice of bbq chicken pizza, THIS IS 'MERICA |
| _______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 12:49pm - Yeti ""] "for the memory of a lifetime, Rekall, Rekall, Rekall" |
| __________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 1:20pm - brian_dc ""] intense |
| __________________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 1:26pm - largefreakatzero ""] [img] |
| _____________________________ [Dec 15,2008 1:55pm - pam ""] And oddly there's no cure for cancer...ORLY, science? |
| ________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 1:59pm - xmikex ""] Remember that awful Batman movie where they did exactly the same thing? I guess I give respect to the scientists for doing it even after that movie took a shit all over the idea of it. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 15,2008 2:07pm - sever ""] pam said:And oddly there's no cure for cancer...ORLY, science? people talk about cancer like its a single, pin-pointable disease. cancer is a wide range of genetic mutations. having a cure for cancer would be like having a single treatment that cures every disease known to man. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 15,2008 2:18pm - narkybark ""] not to mention it's your own body. It's kinda hard to defeat cancer without killing yourself in the process. |