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That has been possible without brain surgery for decades. This was literally a demonstration by undergrad students when I was visiting a university in 2011 or s
by crote 3y ago
That has been possible without brain surgery for decades. This was literally a demonstration by undergrad students when I was visiting a university in 2011 or so. They used one of those "shower caps" you place on your head to sense brain waves.
- wilg 3y agoThis doesn’t use a “shower cap” though.
- x86x87 3y agoTechnically it's sort of a shower cap that's embeded in the skull.
- falseprofit 3y agoThe shower cap didn’t use brain surgery though.
- wilg 3y agoMight as well pack it in. The shower cap is enough!
- amenhotep 3y agoYou're missing the point entirely, it's not about whether the shower cap is or is not enough. It's about how the shower cap is far less intrusive and dangerous than brain surgery and yet nobody is wearing them. Ergo maybe the most minimally capable version of this technology isn't as revolutionary as you've described.
- wilg 3y agoYour idea is that because people aren't walking around wearing these (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Lacko/publication/317304476/figure/fig3/AS:614363463426059@1523487072322/EEG-cap-with-gel-based-electrodes-inserted-Photo-by-Chris-Hope-made-available-by-Tim.png https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Lacko/publicatio...) that the concept is flawed, rather than needing to be in a different form factor? (Ignoring that the Neuralink device has many different capabilities, including and especially being able to cause brain stimulus, which an EEG cap cannot. And that writing data into the brain is a major component of what I said.)
- numpad0 3y agoWhich makes it worse, It's a lesser shower cap that now require surgery.
- runarberg 3y agoMy bachelors thesis in psychology was actually an experiment using positive reinforcement to alter the brain activity as read by an electroencephalogram, also in 2011. My experimantal design was flawed and I failed to show results. But getting participants to interact with externally placed electrodes was indeed a no-brainier (pun intended) to a 23 year old Icelandic kid with minimal help. It terrifies me that a multi-billionaire is more disillusioned about this technology, than a BS-student.
- wilg 3y agoShould have pushed back harder on how this is not true. EEG caps cannot write data.