Patent US6506148 - Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors

Patent US6506148 - Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors ( google.com )

submitted 2015-09-11T20:24 by FinnTheHuman

5 comments

Drenki 2015-09-12T04:49

The real implication is that this technique can be used to influence the brain, and not with just CRT monitors.

They've already done the thing where, supposedly, math skills are improved by applying a mild current to one lobe.

Imagine if you didn't need a current, but could do so only with magnetic or electromagnetic fields. And you had thousands and thousands of such inputs. You could probably influence synaptic connections. Done without finesse, you wouldnonly cause confusion in the subject. But if you used a detailed map of the brain and some trial and error, the result would be truly terrifying.

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bugmenot 2015-09-11T21:45

Only works with CRTs...

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Drenki 2015-09-12T04:43

Show me a monitor with a picture of a burger and I'll get hungry, a naked woman and I'll get horny. If that ain't manipulating my nervous system then I must be dead.

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toobaditworks 2015-09-14T02:17

rip drenki

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FinnTheHuman 2015-09-11T22:13

Yeah, but there are plenty of people who still use them ( In November 2013 the U.S. Census Bureau said more than 16% of the population lived in poverty ) and definitely sets a precedent for future inventions.

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