Re: Which rmgd regular's dreams would you like revealed?

On Dec 11, 9:57 am, band beyond description <02...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Me?  Sweet's and Mary's...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHHbFXQZuavHidN1Q9...

Dreams may no longer be secret with Japan computer screen

9 hours ago

TOKYO (AFP) — A Japanese research team has revealed it had created a
technology that could eventually display on a computer screen what
people have on their minds, such as dreams.

Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
succeeded in processing and displaying images directly from the human
brain, they said in a study unveiled ahead of publication in the US
magazine Neuron.

While the team for now has managed to reproduce only simple images from
the brain, they said the technology could eventually be used to figure
out dreams and other secrets inside people's minds.

"It was the first time in the world that it was possible to visualise
what people see directly from the brain activity," the private
institute said in a statement.

"By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and
replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams."

When people look at an object, the eye's retina recognises an image
that is converted into electrical signals which go into the brain's
visual cortex.

The team, led by chief researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani, succeeded in
catching the signals and then reconstructing what people see.

In their experiment, the researchers showed people the six letters in
the word "neuron" and then succeeded in reconstructing the letters on a
computer screen by measuring their brain activity.

The team said that it first figured out people's individual brain
patterns by showing them some 400 different still images.

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