Scientists extract images directly from brain

[endymion]

This is freakin' UNBELIEVABLE...I saw this on digg today. Apparently some scientists think it's possible that we can develop technology to tap into images our brain constructs. I've fantasized about this ever since seeing Final Fantasy: The Spirits within (check out this clip...skip to 5:15) Just imagine the possibilities this holds for dream recording if actualized!! I never thought this would even be possible...I'm still not sure if it is, all I saw so far is the one article. If someone could find the scientific article from the journal Neuron I'd love to read it. Wow, just wow...

[Mortalis]

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=69867 and http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=69899 and another one that I can't find now..maybe because its been locked or deleted or something Interesting story though.

[endymion]

Ahh sorry, was so excited about that story I forgot to check for others...My bad

[Mortalis]

Its chill, just wanted to give you a couple places to talk about it..if we all chat it up in those, then we can have a better discussion in my mind, since everyone will see what everyone has to say...not blaming you for your excitement at all..I think this is really awesome stuff.

[picnic vs tornado]

I posted something in one of the other threads. Essentially, I'm convinced this is hype or wishful thinking, and not generally possible unless you lived in a lab all your life and every bit of information you ever experienced was catalogued while hooked into a a system of computers to map your neural activity. Although there is a genuinely interesting and valid breakthrough regarding understanding how we formulate memories that is being piggybacked here. And it's a sublime, wonderful scientific discovery, which was I believe originally uncovered this summer by a team of Israeli scientists. They simply came up with a way of mapping where short term memories were stored and then later accessed by using short video clips and asking people to describe them later, which is quite a long way removed from decoding anything so complex as a dream or even a simple image not presented in a controlled setting, given the fact that every individual's neural map of experiences is bound to differ greatly. The razzle dazzle sell is the one that gains steam though. If we were to all be raised with a controlled set of experiences and a team of researchers to map where the neurons were firing, then yes, this could be possible. But then, who would care? Without our individual set of experiences, we're hardly interesting.

[Shift]

I posted something in one of the other threads. Essentially, I'm convinced this is hype or wishful thinking, and not generally possible unless you lived in a lab all your life and every bit of information you ever experienced was catalogued while hooked into a a system of computers to map your neural activity. Although there is a genuinely interesting and valid breakthrough regarding understanding how we formulate memories that is being piggybacked here. And it's a sublime, wonderful scientific discovery, which was I believe originally uncovered this summer by a team of Israeli scientists. They simply came up with a way of mapping where short term memories were stored and then later accessed by using short video clips and asking people to describe them later, which is quite a long way removed from decoding anything so complex as a dream or even a simple image not presented in a controlled setting, given the fact that every individual's neural map of experiences is bound to differ greatly. The razzle dazzle sell is the one that gains steam though. If we were to all be raised with a controlled set of experiences and a team of researchers to map where the neurons were firing, then yes, this could be possible. But then, who would care? Without our individual set of experiences, we're hardly interesting. Exactly.