"If brain activity is suboptimal, the device provides a small zap, undetectable to the patient, to strengthen the signal and increase the chance of memory formation."<p>I always wonder if things like this are worded like so for the layperson to understand? Because to me it sounds like an incredibly crude and hackish way to do anything. "Yeah, just shock the brain and it forms better memories! We're not entirely sure how or why, or what the implications are, but it seems to work for some reason!"
" He was the first person the Finn had known who'd `gone silicon' -the phrase had an old-fashioned
ring for Case -and the microsofts he purchased were art history programs and tables of
gallery sales." - not quite the same thing but we are on the way there.
No, of course it isn't biased towards certain brands, or censor certain criticism.<p>As a happy recipient of the device, I don't know how you could even think such as thing.
Someday a method/implant will be invented to trigger the orgasmic response in the brain. Will be interesting to see how humanity handles that drug.<p>Reminds me of Star Trek DS9, where the Cardassian tailor had the brain implant to make him resistant to torture. He had turned it on, and left it on for 20 years, then it failed.
> In two separate studies, researchers found the prototype consistently boosted memory 15% to 18%.<p>No mention of controls or error bars. Until then, this is all placebo effect.
I was kind of hoping for a chip that interfaces with the brain. Stores data digitally and responds to brain's request for information. But that's probably the wrong way of thinking about it on multiple levels.<p>As someone with no knowledge of how this stuff works, I like to imagine that when you try to remember something, your brain sends signals the same connections that were formed when you last saw that thing. It then activates your visual cortex, your auditory cortex and language centers. So you visualize it, see the word, and hear it in your brain, then suddenly you feel as if you know the answer to the thing you were trying to remember.
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12678461-amped" rel="nofollow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12678461-amped</a><p>This is a great romp, good for your next flight or downtime.<p>The premise is what happens to society when augmented people start to matter.
>“I don’t think any of us are going to be signing up for voluntary brain surgery anytime soon,” Sanchez says. “Only when these technologies become less invasive, or noninvasive, will they become widespread.”<p>Are you kidding? 15-37% improvement in memory formation/recall? Where do I sign?
This is like a precursor to Elon Musk's Neuralink idea.<p><a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html" rel="nofollow">https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html</a>