[gui-talk] the brain is the ultimate graphical user interface

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You know, some weeks ago there was a story on 60 Minutes (on CBS) about 
research into determining not just what people see, but what they are 
thinking by analyzing brain activity.  After demonstrating with a volunteer, 
they launched into the obvious legal/ethical ramifications of such a 
capability. It was interesting, but also unsettling.
As for reading what a person sees, this is relatively easy as the image from 
the retina on the visual cortex looks a lot like an inverted image of what 
the subject is looking at.  Try adding to that the ability of deciphering 
people's memories.
(Twilight zone music...)
Interesting.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hoffman, Allen" <Allen.Hoffman at dhs.gov>
To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: [gui-talk] the brain is the ultimate graphical user interface


FYI

Seems like this may eventually be a tiny part in eventually developing
artificial vision.

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Cracking The Brain's Numerical
Code: Researchers Can Tell What
Number A Person Has Seen
ScienceDaily Sept. 25, 2009
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By carefully observing and
analyzing the pattern of activity in
the brain, researchers have found
that they can tell what number a
person has just seen, or how many
dots a person has been presented
with. These findings confirm the
notion that numbers are encoded in
the brain via detailed and specific
activity...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=11171&m=51300


Allen Hoffman

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