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Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE
by Lost at 8:37 am EST, Mar 16, 2003 |
Ray's mastery of the computer improved over the next six months. On May 24, 1999, Kennedy visited Ray at his home in the V.A. Medical Center in Decatur. Kennedy asked what he felt as he moved the cursor. Ray spelled NOTHING. He had learned to move the cursor simply by thinking of moving the cursor. He no longer had to think about moving his hand. The part of his brain that was supposed to dictate movement evolved; it abandoned hope for the appendage. The brain opted instead to communicate directly with the computer. "That led us to say he has now devoted that part of his brain to driving the cursor," Kennedy says. "See, the brain is very crafty. It's very adaptable. It can learn. And that's really the key thing." Me: Good article on "jacking in." |
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RE: Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE
by E2 at 12:38 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
Jello wrote:
--snip--
] "That led us to say he has now devoted that part of his brain
] to driving the cursor," Kennedy says. "See, the brain is very
] crafty. It's very adaptable. It can learn. And that's really
] the key thing."
]
] Me: Good article on "jacking in." Holy crap thats cool.... beyond cool.
... dude, ... I can't stand it. Holy shit. |
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RE: Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE
by Lost at 2:56 pm EST, Mar 17, 2003 |
E2 wrote:
] Jello wrote:
] --snip--
] ] "That led us to say he has now devoted that part of his
] brain
] ] to driving the cursor," Kennedy says. "See, the brain is
] very
] ] crafty. It's very adaptable. It can learn. And that's really
]
] ] the key thing."
] ]
] ] Me: Good article on "jacking in."
]
] Holy crap thats cool.... beyond cool.
] ... dude, ... I can't stand it. Holy shit. Nye Panyatna. |
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Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE
by Dr. Nanochick at 1:21 am EST, Mar 16, 2003 |
] An Atlanta neuroscientist has wired the human brain to a
] computer. The results are fascinating and frightening. Whoa...cybernetics! |
Creative Loafing Atlanta | COVER | THE BRAIN OF THE FUTURE
by Rattle at 2:18 am EST, Mar 16, 2003 |
] On the one hand, there is a medical phenomenon growing
] out of Kennedy's work. His electrodes could enable
] patients frozen by disease or injury to circumvent the
] spinal cord, re-establishing a decent range of speech and
] motion. So far, three of Kennedy's six implantees have
] learned to move a cursor across a computer screen and
] spell words just by thinking about it. |
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