'Touching' The Brain 30
Roland Piquepaille writes "Medical professionals have always dreamt of mapping the activities of the human brain in real time -- 'touching' instead of looking. Of course, modern brain scanners, such as MRI, already offer sophisticated and passive views into the human brain. But now, IST Results reports that a young Finnish company, Nexstim, has developed a non-invasive brain scanning and stimulation system called navigated brain stimulation (NBS). This system "guides the precise delivery of targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulses to discrete brain areas." It is today the only device available for accurate prediction of the TMS stimulus location and dose within the human brain and is already in use in 20 hospitals and brain research centers worldwide. Read more for additional references and pictures about this noninvasive method for mapping and stimulating the brain."
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"The same thing we do every night, Brain..."
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Only if the scan is taking place when the subject is thinking and farting at the same time. When "I just got an idea!" and "Oh, that was so good!" collide in deep-brain, it's not a pretty picture.
Oh yes! Yes! YESSSSS!! (Score:4, Funny)
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Let's see if I can come up with a good patent... I keep food in my freezer, but it is frozen so I can't eat it. I heat frozen food in a microwave. Therefore I shall patent a machine that has a microwa
Let's get it out of the way... (Score:2)
For some people, this will be more like... (Score:2)
games (Score:2)
or p0rn.
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Damn, that would make one awesome movie. Two would be too many. Three is right out.
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Finally! (Score:2, Funny)
21st Century Addiction (Score:1)
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Medial forebrain bundle (Score:1)
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Company's site (Score:2)
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probe grid put on the brain (Score:1)
Real world probe grid put on the brain...
Lots of fun, been there, done that...
A little neurosurgery anyone?