Archive for November, 2003
In my last post, I mentioned a website by some folks who are into brain-computer interfaces. Gosh and golly, today Slashdot has a story about a company filing for FDA permission to start human trials of a brain implant that reads neural activity, allowing the user to control a mouse or play video games. The [ READ MORE ]
So I was visiting this abnormally flashy academic website and, for no reason obvious to me, it started playing a very soft Portugese translation of “The Girl from Ipanema”. It was so completely and immediately relaxing that I nearly toppled bonelessly from my chair. Note to self: look for Portugese lite-jazz CD; perfect insomnia cure. Seriously, [ READ MORE ]