2004-07-27
EEG for the People
If EEGs become available at prices that individuals can afford, easily
built and adapted by hobbyists, it could create an explosion in new mind
machine technologies. Mind machines whose light and sound programs respond
to detailed brainwave analysis. New ways of recording sessions with
psychedelics (reminiscent of Dr. Leary's experiments with the Experiential
Typewriter). New ways of guiding and directing psychedelic and meditative
experiences. Ways of researching paranormal abilities without expensive
research labs. Means of invoking group states of consciousness by guiding a
group of people to similar brainwave patterns simultaneously. Ways of
sharing EEGs over the Internet, or trying planet-wide consciousness shifts
by synchronization of brainwaves using the Internet to share EEG data
realtime. New means of triggering lucid dreaming. This is very exciting stuff.
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>From: brian-slashdotnews@hyperreal.org
>Date: 26 Jul 2004 04:26:03 -0000
>To: slashdotnews@hyperreal.org
>Subject: The Internet Meets the Neural Net
>User-Agent: SlashdotNewsScooper/0.0.3
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>Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/25/2250200
>Posted by: michael, on 2004-07-26 04:06:00
>Topic: 191, 12 comments
>
> from the where-can-i-find-out-how-to-inject-signals-into-my-head dept.
> [1]orangesquid writes "[2]OpenEEG is a system for getting data [3]from
> your brain to your computer. Recently, work was resumed on [4]scEEG, a
> soundcard-based system which may one day make home EEG systems very
> cheap (they currently cost a few hundred US$ to put together; there
> are, though, some potential [5]cheaper alternatives).
>References
>
> 1. http://osATudelDOTedu/
> 2. http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/
> 3. http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=47&t=864
> 4. http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/hw/sceeg.html
> 5.
> http://www.betterhumans.com/Resources/Encyclopedia/article.aspx?articleID=2003-03-02-2
>
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built and adapted by hobbyists, it could create an explosion in new mind
machine technologies. Mind machines whose light and sound programs respond
to detailed brainwave analysis. New ways of recording sessions with
psychedelics (reminiscent of Dr. Leary's experiments with the Experiential
Typewriter). New ways of guiding and directing psychedelic and meditative
experiences. Ways of researching paranormal abilities without expensive
research labs. Means of invoking group states of consciousness by guiding a
group of people to similar brainwave patterns simultaneously. Ways of
sharing EEGs over the Internet, or trying planet-wide consciousness shifts
by synchronization of brainwaves using the Internet to share EEG data
realtime. New means of triggering lucid dreaming. This is very exciting stuff.
>----- Forwarded message from brian-slashdotnews@hyperreal.org -----
>
>From: brian-slashdotnews@hyperreal.org
>Date: 26 Jul 2004 04:26:03 -0000
>To: slashdotnews@hyperreal.org
>Subject: The Internet Meets the Neural Net
>User-Agent: SlashdotNewsScooper/0.0.3
>
>Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/25/2250200
>Posted by: michael, on 2004-07-26 04:06:00
>Topic: 191, 12 comments
>
> from the where-can-i-find-out-how-to-inject-signals-into-my-head dept.
> [1]orangesquid writes "[2]OpenEEG is a system for getting data [3]from
> your brain to your computer. Recently, work was resumed on [4]scEEG, a
> soundcard-based system which may one day make home EEG systems very
> cheap (they currently cost a few hundred US$ to put together; there
> are, though, some potential [5]cheaper alternatives).
>References
>
> 1. http://osATudelDOTedu/
> 2. http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/
> 3. http://imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=47&t=864
> 4. http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/hw/sceeg.html
> 5.
> http://www.betterhumans.com/Resources/Encyclopedia/article.aspx?articleID=2003-03-02-2
>
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