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Charan Teja Paladugu

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Connecting the nerves which communicate to brain with external storage.

This may sounds funny for many of you, but I think it will be worth in future.

What ever we see or think is stored as memory in our brain. Can't we connect a device which extracts the information which is passing to brain, from the nerve which is communicating between eyes and brain to an external storage .So, that all the things which a normal person see can be stored, and also we can get to know what a person is thinking. At least we can crack what women always thinks?

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  • Lars Mews

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    Sep 11 2012: " Can't we connect a device which extracts the information which is passing to brain, from the nerve which is communicating between eyes and brain to an external storage ."

    Why so complicated? Simply put a cam on your glasses or if technology progresses on contact lenses and you got it. The risk of infection and other bad side effects by putting things inside the head that do not belong there is known, so i always wonder why anybody is so keen on becoming a machine?

    "So, that all the things which a normal person see can be stored, and also we can get to know what a person is thinking."

    Ever watched a movie with friends and remember situations like "Have you seen...? No, when did this happen, i saw nothing?" ? What people "see" must not necessarily be that what their eyes/their brains track, so you will have large problems knowing what they think by just recording the information from their eyes.

    And probably it is not needed to put something inside. We can look inside the body without getting inside (MRI, CT, etc.). This is a good working system that gets better with every new attempt. That could work with thoughts also, as we can already see were is activity and where not. But we do not know what exactly we should make a "picture" of, as we at the moment just see some electricity.

    Like in the beginning of x-ray pictures or before, we saw something, but just what we could see with the naked eye if we would open that body. With todays MRI you can see things in much higher detail, that tell you a lot about the human body whilst this body is left intact.

    "At least we can crack what women always thinks?"
    We could also ask them, ever tried?
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      Charan Teja Paladugu

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      Sep 12 2012: Yes, I accept what you are saying. But my point here is it can capture what a person is thinking. As you suggested "we can ask them"? But we cannot guarantee whether they are saying correct or wrong.
      Anyhow, it is just a thought.
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        Jens van de Graaf

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        Sep 14 2012: Sounds like transhumanism.

        If you ask someone what he/she thinks, and that person is not completely telling the truth then i guess it is none of your business. That would be a violation of privacy. That said, i think this technique would be useful aswell as dangerous. You could implant a chip into someone's brain with wireless functionality. It will give you access to someone's brain anytime, anywhere. Sounds quite creepy, doesn't it?

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