UC Berkeley's research team has used functional medical resonance to create a visual representation representing what our brain would see when we watch tv or a movie. The scientists showed random clips to subjects and measured the cerebral activity's response. Currently, this has only worked on images the subject has seen but researchers hope to contract images from dreams and memories.
How can this be useful?
It can help doctors see what patients are thinking if they are mentally impaired, had a stroke, or have neurologic failure. Pretty awesome right?
See the video here: Dreams
Friday, September 23, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Mirror, mirror, on the wall...who is the fairest med of them all?
No one gives a second thought to the mirrors hung in our bathrooms. Sure, it's used when we need to brush our teeth, wash our face, and give that one quick touch up before we head out the door. But, what if I tell you that the New York Times Research & Development Lab has taken it another step further....actually a LOT further and can now tell us about our medications!! By placing a box of meds on the mirror's ledge, it uses LCD and Kinect technology to recognize the med and pulls up all the information and where to buy it.
Read more about what this 'magic mirror' can do: Magic Mirror
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