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I Think, Therefore I… compute?

Posted October 31st, 2003 in Uncategorized by Jay Jones

Have you ever dreamed of being able to control things with your mind? My 6 year old daughter thinks she discovered that if you stare at someone really hard, they will “feel” you staring at them and then look at you. While explaining this scientific breakthrough to my wife, she said, “Watch, mom… you look out the window and I’ll stare at you.” She did look, and Kelsea did stare. After a few seconds my daughter asked, “Can you feel it?” My wife laughed.

While we may be far from controlling other people with our mind, British scientists have just recently implanted a chip into the brain of a quadriplegic that allows him to control his computer with his mind… simply by “thinking” what the computer should do.

This implant enables the 24 year old to control his television set and even his computer… doing things like changing channels, surfing the Internet, playing computer games and checking his email.

I wonder if there’s an “off” switch so you don’t actually send that nasty email in your sleep? :)

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