Re: Article on brain implant research
Max More (maxmore@primenet.com)
Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:04:12 -0800
At 07:29 AM 2/23/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Item in Feb 97 issue of Electrosphere at Wired:
>
>Neuroscientist Theodore Berger is working real hard to be the first person
>to implant microchips between your ears.
>
>During the past four years, Berger and a seven-member team of scientists -
>experts in everything from semiconductors to the neurophysiology of tissue
>cultures - have worked ceaselessly at the University of Southern California
>in Los Angeles to unlock the brain's complex mathematical model so they can
>bridge the gap between silicon and cerebrum. "If we can speak to the brain
>in its own language then we begin to understand the biological basis of
>thought and learning," says the 46-year-old scientist. "It's a matter of
>understanding the way neurons act and react in every conceivable situation,
>then building a device that can duplicate their basic functions and
>transmit the appropriate electrical impulses."
>
>http://www.wired.com/wired/5.02/esberger.html
I interviewed Ted Berger in Extropy #16, along with other interesting
researchers at USC. Ted is the guy on the left on the cover. The issue is
still available.
Max
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