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According to this article from New Scientist magazine the brain maintains a "map" of the body. This map extends to include tools and other extensions used by the body in the course of daily life. The surprising part of the research was how easily the mind adapts to these changes.

The implications down the road are that cyborg "enhancements" (i.e. prosthetic arms, legs, etc.) will be viewed by the brain as "body parts". We see some… Continue

I love the subect of Dangerous Thoughts...almost as much as Alternate History.

Here's a few that cross my mind from time to time.

Let's make a better mouse...use the hand. There's a lot of ways to move things around on a computer and why do we need a mouse to do it. We can just implant a flat, thin device in the palm of our hands and use it like a mouse.

Mind viruses are real. There are some mind viruses which take over a culture and destroy it more efficiently than the 1918 influenza or the… Continue

Image from the Associated Press

Several publications have reported an effort by Japanese scientists to implant genetic material into a Marmoset which causes it's feet to fluoresce in ultraviolet light.

Ostensibly the ex

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