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DATE 2013-09-29
FROM From: "Paul Robert Marino"
SUBJECT Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Mind Control Copyright
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From: "Paul Robert Marino"
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Where is my giant robot that I control with my mind lol.

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r: #999999;">-- Sent from my HP Pre3

avy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; ">
"width:75%">On Sep 29, 2013 8:54, Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> wr=
ote:

When I was a very small boy I thought I wanted to write=
computer=0D
programs because computers will control the world in my fut=
ure. My=0D
future is now largely used up, so what would a young 6 YO Ru=
ben think if=0D
he was born today?=0D
=0D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
~~~~~~=0D
=0D
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130829-=
mind-brain-control-robot-brainwave-eeg-3d-printing-music/=0D
=0D
=0D<=
br>=0D
=0D
Scientists achieved the first remote human-to-human brain =
interface this=0D
week, when Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal over the Int=
ernet that moved=0D
the hand of colleague Andrea Stocco=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BD=EF=BF=BDeven though Stocco was sitting=0D
all the way across the Uni=
versity of Washington's campus.=0D
=0D
Using one human brain to direc=
t another person's body via the Internet=0D
was an amazing breakthrough.=
But other feats of mind control are already=0D
realities, particularly =
in the realm of human machine interfaces (HMIs).=0D
=0D
Here are some=
amazing examples of what our brains can already do.=0D
=0D
Compose a=
nd Play Music=0D
=0D
Yes, music composition always took place in the =
brain. But now musicians=0D
might be able to eliminate the need for tool=
s and interfaces like sheet=0D
music=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDor even p=
laying an instrument=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDby simply creating music=0D<=
br>directly with their thoughts.=0D
=0D
Electroencephalography (EEG) =
headwear devices record the electric=0D
signals that are produced when t=
he brain is at work and can connect them=0D
wirelessly to a computer. Th=
eir wearers can also train their minds to=0D
associate a set of EEG brai=
n signals with a specific task.=0D
=0D
For example, thinking about pu=
shing a button on the computer screen=0D
produces a brainwave pattern th=
at computer software can then recognize=0D
and associate with that task.=
=0D
=0D
To make music, such thoughts are associated with notes or sou=
nds to=0D
create a language of musical thought that's produced directly =
from the=0D
brain. With this established, users can simply think musical=
scores to=0D
life and play them via the computer.=0D
=0D
For an e=
xample of the way the mind can create music and other forms of=0D
art, c=
heck out the MiND ensemble (Music in Neural Dimensions) from the=0D
Univ=
ersity of Michigan.=0D
=0D
Screen Mobile Phone Calls=0D
=0D
Lik=
e a tough personal secretary, Ruggero Scorcioni's Good Times app=0D
filt=
ers the incoming calls of busy mobile phone users by simply=0D
monitorin=
g the state of the user's brain.=0D
=0D
Earlier this year, Scorcioni =
won an AT&T Mobile App Hackathon with the=0D
iOS app, which uses the=
cuddly Necomimi Cat Ears brainwave-reading=0D
headset to monitor brain =
activity and reroute calls to voicemail when it=0D
perceives that the us=
er's brain is busy with other tasks. If the user's=0D
brain is in a rece=
ptive state, it lets the call through.=0D
=0D
With $30,000 in Hackath=
on prize money in hand, Scorcioni is fine-tuning=0D
his prototype, which=
he views as a first step in the way our brain=0D
states might directly =
control mobile devices and our individual=0D
environments. Someday it mi=
ght enable more brain-driven mobile device=0D
features that require no u=
ser input, like his Good Tunes concept, which=0D
would read brainwaves a=
nd then play music best matching the wearer's=0D
personal preferences fo=
r their current brain state.=0D
=0D
Create a 3-D Object=0D
=0D
=
Can wishing for something make it so? Well, not quite. But a Chilean=0D
=
company has announced the first object to be created by thought=0D
alone=
=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDpaired with the growing power of the latest 3-D =
printing=0D
machines.=0D
=0D
George Laskowsky, the chief technical=
officer of the Santiago-based=0D
startup Thinker Thing, created the fir=
st-ever such object in January=0D
2012.=0D
=0D
The Thinker Thing s=
ystem employs an Emotiv EPOC EEG headset to map its=0D
wearer's brainwav=
es. Then the company's own software, called Emotional=0D
Evolutionary De=
sign, displays "building block" shapes on a computer=0D
screen.=0D
=
=0D
From a basic beginning, the shapes change and "evolve," while the us=
er's=0D
emotional positive and negative reactions to each change are mon=
itored=0D
by the headset. As the software processes brain feedback, the=
=0D
well-received shapes and changes are kept and expanded, while the=0D=

disliked ones fade away. The process is repeated until a final object i=
s=0D
produced according to the thought preferences of the designer.=0Dr>=0D
The company's Monster Dreamer project gave schoolkids the opportun=
ity to=0D
use the software to create the monster of their dreams, or nig=
htmares,=0D
in a matter of minutes.=0D
=0D
Drive a Wheelchair=EF=
=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDAnd a Car=0D
=0D
For the disabled, the abilit=
y to move about using the power of their=0D
minds could be life changing=
=2E To that end, scientists have worked for=0D
years on wheelchairs and =
other devices that could restore mobility to=0D
those who had lost contr=
ol of their own bodies but still had sharp=0D
minds.=0D
=0D
By 200=
9, Japanese scientists at Toyota and research lab RIKEN announced=0D
a t=
hought-controlled wheelchair that used an EEG sensor cap to capture=0D
b=
rainwaves and turn them into directional commands in just 125=0D
thousan=
dths of a second=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDwith 95 percent accuracy.=0D
=
=0D
At Lausanne, Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology, scientis=
ts=0D
have added "shared control" to the concept. Their chair's software=
=0D
analyzes the surrounding area's cluttered environment and blends tha=
t=0D
information with the driver's brain commands to avoid problems like=
=0D
collisions with objects.=0D
=0D
The system also eases the stra=
in of command because users needn't=0D
continually instruct the chair=EF=
=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDthe software processes a single=0D
directional c=
ommand and automatically repeats it as often as needed to=0D
navigate th=
e space.=0D
=0D
German engineers at the Free University of Berlin hav=
e attempted to take=0D
this concept on the open road with a car that can=
be partially=0D
controlled by the driver's thoughts. The team took an a=
utonomous=0D
Volkswagen Passat, one of the emerging breed of driverless =
vehicles, and=0D
outfitted it with a computer system and software design=
ed to work with=0D
Emotiv's commercially available EEG brain-scanning he=
adset.=0D
=0D
Drivers were trained to produce recognizable thought co=
mmands, like=0D
"turn left," by manipulating a virtual cube on a screen.=
The onboard=0D
computer then analyzed and converted those thoughts to c=
ommands=0D
recognized by the car itself each time they were thought by t=
he driver.=0D
(See the successful results here.)=0D
=0D
The "Brain=
Driver" application is not roadworthy yet, the team cautions=0D
on their=
website. "But on the long run, human machine interfaces like=0D
this co=
uld bear huge potential in combination with autonomous=0D
driving--for e=
xample, when it comes to decide which way you want to take=0D
on a cross=
road, while the autonomous cab drives you home."=0D
=0D
"Bionic" Limb=
s=0D
=0D
In some instances, human machine interfaces are becoming par=
t of the=0D
human body. One new prosthetic even provides a sense of "tou=
ch" like=0D
that of a natural arm, because it interfaces with the wearer=
's neural=0D
system by splicing to residual nerves in the partial limb.=
=0D
=0D
The prosthetic sends sensory signals to the wearer's brain th=
at produce=0D
a lifelike "feel," allowing users to operate it by touch r=
ather than by=0D
sight alone. This ability enables tasks many take for g=
ranted, like=0D
removing something from inside a grocery bag, and knowin=
g how hard to=0D
grip items with the prosthetic hand.=0D
=0D
Resea=
rchers at Case Western Reserve University, now working with the=0D
Defen=
se Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), developed the=0D
prostheti=
c, which can be seen in action here and was unveiled in May=0D
2013. DAR=
PA is a leader in the development of advanced prosthetics, in=0D
part be=
cause more than 2,000 U.S. Service members have undergone=0D
amputations=
since 2000.=0D
=0D
Another DARPA-backed prosthetic arm flips this sc=
ript by efficiently=0D
transmitting information from brain to arm, rathe=
r than vice versa,=0D
through a technique called targeted muscle re-inne=
rvation. The procedure=0D
rewires nerves from amputated limbs to enable =
more natural brain control=0D
of the prosthetic=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BDand make possible some amazing abilities.=0D
=0D
In this video tak=
en at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, former=0D
Army Staff Sgt.=
Glen Lehman, who was wounded in Iraq, demonstrates his=0D
ability to ma=
nipulate the arm with his mind, drink coffee, and bounce a=0D
tennis bal=
l with a prosthetic limb. In some cases, experts say,=0D
prosthetics can=
already offer more functionality than heavily damaged=0D
human limbs.=
=0D
=0D

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Where is my giant robot that I control with my mind lol.

=3D"font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;">

gnature">
r: #999999;">-- Sent from my HP Pre3

avy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; ">
"width:75%">On Sep 29, 2013 8:54, Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> wr=
ote:

When I was a very small boy I thought I wanted to write=
computer=0D
programs because computers will control the world in my fut=
ure. My=0D
future is now largely used up, so what would a young 6 YO Ru=
ben think if=0D
he was born today?=0D
=0D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
~~~~~~=0D
=0D
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130829-=
mind-brain-control-robot-brainwave-eeg-3d-printing-music/=0D
=0D
=0D<=
br>=0D
=0D
Scientists achieved the first remote human-to-human brain =
interface this=0D
week, when Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal over the Int=
ernet that moved=0D
the hand of colleague Andrea Stocco=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BD=EF=BF=BDeven though Stocco was sitting=0D
all the way across the Uni=
versity of Washington's campus.=0D
=0D
Using one human brain to direc=
t another person's body via the Internet=0D
was an amazing breakthrough.=
But other feats of mind control are already=0D
realities, particularly =
in the realm of human machine interfaces (HMIs).=0D
=0D
Here are some=
amazing examples of what our brains can already do.=0D
=0D
Compose a=
nd Play Music=0D
=0D
Yes, music composition always took place in the =
brain. But now musicians=0D
might be able to eliminate the need for tool=
s and interfaces like sheet=0D
music=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDor even p=
laying an instrument=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDby simply creating music=0D<=
br>directly with their thoughts.=0D
=0D
Electroencephalography (EEG) =
headwear devices record the electric=0D
signals that are produced when t=
he brain is at work and can connect them=0D
wirelessly to a computer. Th=
eir wearers can also train their minds to=0D
associate a set of EEG brai=
n signals with a specific task.=0D
=0D
For example, thinking about pu=
shing a button on the computer screen=0D
produces a brainwave pattern th=
at computer software can then recognize=0D
and associate with that task.=
=0D
=0D
To make music, such thoughts are associated with notes or sou=
nds to=0D
create a language of musical thought that's produced directly =
from the=0D
brain. With this established, users can simply think musical=
scores to=0D
life and play them via the computer.=0D
=0D
For an e=
xample of the way the mind can create music and other forms of=0D
art, c=
heck out the MiND ensemble (Music in Neural Dimensions) from the=0D
Univ=
ersity of Michigan.=0D
=0D
Screen Mobile Phone Calls=0D
=0D
Lik=
e a tough personal secretary, Ruggero Scorcioni's Good Times app=0D
filt=
ers the incoming calls of busy mobile phone users by simply=0D
monitorin=
g the state of the user's brain.=0D
=0D
Earlier this year, Scorcioni =
won an AT&T Mobile App Hackathon with the=0D
iOS app, which uses the=
cuddly Necomimi Cat Ears brainwave-reading=0D
headset to monitor brain =
activity and reroute calls to voicemail when it=0D
perceives that the us=
er's brain is busy with other tasks. If the user's=0D
brain is in a rece=
ptive state, it lets the call through.=0D
=0D
With $30,000 in Hackath=
on prize money in hand, Scorcioni is fine-tuning=0D
his prototype, which=
he views as a first step in the way our brain=0D
states might directly =
control mobile devices and our individual=0D
environments. Someday it mi=
ght enable more brain-driven mobile device=0D
features that require no u=
ser input, like his Good Tunes concept, which=0D
would read brainwaves a=
nd then play music best matching the wearer's=0D
personal preferences fo=
r their current brain state.=0D
=0D
Create a 3-D Object=0D
=0D
=
Can wishing for something make it so? Well, not quite. But a Chilean=0D
=
company has announced the first object to be created by thought=0D
alone=
=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDpaired with the growing power of the latest 3-D =
printing=0D
machines.=0D
=0D
George Laskowsky, the chief technical=
officer of the Santiago-based=0D
startup Thinker Thing, created the fir=
st-ever such object in January=0D
2012.=0D
=0D
The Thinker Thing s=
ystem employs an Emotiv EPOC EEG headset to map its=0D
wearer's brainwav=
es. Then the company's own software, called Emotional=0D
Evolutionary De=
sign, displays "building block" shapes on a computer=0D
screen.=0D
=
=0D
From a basic beginning, the shapes change and "evolve," while the us=
er's=0D
emotional positive and negative reactions to each change are mon=
itored=0D
by the headset. As the software processes brain feedback, the=
=0D
well-received shapes and changes are kept and expanded, while the=0D=

disliked ones fade away. The process is repeated until a final object i=
s=0D
produced according to the thought preferences of the designer.=0Dr>=0D
The company's Monster Dreamer project gave schoolkids the opportun=
ity to=0D
use the software to create the monster of their dreams, or nig=
htmares,=0D
in a matter of minutes.=0D
=0D
Drive a Wheelchair=EF=
=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDAnd a Car=0D
=0D
For the disabled, the abilit=
y to move about using the power of their=0D
minds could be life changing=
=2E To that end, scientists have worked for=0D
years on wheelchairs and =
other devices that could restore mobility to=0D
those who had lost contr=
ol of their own bodies but still had sharp=0D
minds.=0D
=0D
By 200=
9, Japanese scientists at Toyota and research lab RIKEN announced=0D
a t=
hought-controlled wheelchair that used an EEG sensor cap to capture=0D
b=
rainwaves and turn them into directional commands in just 125=0D
thousan=
dths of a second=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDwith 95 percent accuracy.=0D
=
=0D
At Lausanne, Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology, scientis=
ts=0D
have added "shared control" to the concept. Their chair's software=
=0D
analyzes the surrounding area's cluttered environment and blends tha=
t=0D
information with the driver's brain commands to avoid problems like=
=0D
collisions with objects.=0D
=0D
The system also eases the stra=
in of command because users needn't=0D
continually instruct the chair=EF=
=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDthe software processes a single=0D
directional c=
ommand and automatically repeats it as often as needed to=0D
navigate th=
e space.=0D
=0D
German engineers at the Free University of Berlin hav=
e attempted to take=0D
this concept on the open road with a car that can=
be partially=0D
controlled by the driver's thoughts. The team took an a=
utonomous=0D
Volkswagen Passat, one of the emerging breed of driverless =
vehicles, and=0D
outfitted it with a computer system and software design=
ed to work with=0D
Emotiv's commercially available EEG brain-scanning he=
adset.=0D
=0D
Drivers were trained to produce recognizable thought co=
mmands, like=0D
"turn left," by manipulating a virtual cube on a screen.=
The onboard=0D
computer then analyzed and converted those thoughts to c=
ommands=0D
recognized by the car itself each time they were thought by t=
he driver.=0D
(See the successful results here.)=0D
=0D
The "Brain=
Driver" application is not roadworthy yet, the team cautions=0D
on their=
website. "But on the long run, human machine interfaces like=0D
this co=
uld bear huge potential in combination with autonomous=0D
driving--for e=
xample, when it comes to decide which way you want to take=0D
on a cross=
road, while the autonomous cab drives you home."=0D
=0D
"Bionic" Limb=
s=0D
=0D
In some instances, human machine interfaces are becoming par=
t of the=0D
human body. One new prosthetic even provides a sense of "tou=
ch" like=0D
that of a natural arm, because it interfaces with the wearer=
's neural=0D
system by splicing to residual nerves in the partial limb.=
=0D
=0D
The prosthetic sends sensory signals to the wearer's brain th=
at produce=0D
a lifelike "feel," allowing users to operate it by touch r=
ather than by=0D
sight alone. This ability enables tasks many take for g=
ranted, like=0D
removing something from inside a grocery bag, and knowin=
g how hard to=0D
grip items with the prosthetic hand.=0D
=0D
Resea=
rchers at Case Western Reserve University, now working with the=0D
Defen=
se Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), developed the=0D
prostheti=
c, which can be seen in action here and was unveiled in May=0D
2013. DAR=
PA is a leader in the development of advanced prosthetics, in=0D
part be=
cause more than 2,000 U.S. Service members have undergone=0D
amputations=
since 2000.=0D
=0D
Another DARPA-backed prosthetic arm flips this sc=
ript by efficiently=0D
transmitting information from brain to arm, rathe=
r than vice versa,=0D
through a technique called targeted muscle re-inne=
rvation. The procedure=0D
rewires nerves from amputated limbs to enable =
more natural brain control=0D
of the prosthetic=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BDand make possible some amazing abilities.=0D
=0D
In this video tak=
en at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, former=0D
Army Staff Sgt.=
Glen Lehman, who was wounded in Iraq, demonstrates his=0D
ability to ma=
nipulate the arm with his mind, drink coffee, and bounce a=0D
tennis bal=
l with a prosthetic limb. In some cases, experts say,=0D
prosthetics can=
already offer more functionality than heavily damaged=0D
human limbs.=
=0D
=0D

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