X-Message-Number: 9315 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: TLC "Ultrascience" TV Program Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:01:06 -0800 Hi all: I just saw part of a very interesting show on "The Learning Channel" (no idea, which network, - I am not up on those TV things). The title of the show was "Ultrascience" and it reported on some research on interaction of brain and computer. The US Air Force is developing an interactive cockpit where the pilot controls the plane by *thinking*. It was most amazing how a lady moved an aperture solely through interaction of electrons affixed to her scull, which picked up electronic signals from the brain, with a computer which controlled the large aperture, which simulated the moving parts involved in controlling the flight of an aircraft. Another cut of the same show reported on work by a Professor Ted Berger (sp?) in one of the Californian universities, who worked with cultures of tissue from the hippocampus. The neurons contained in the growing culture gravitated toward electrodes, which in this case were computer chips, and connected with them forming an integrated, interactive network. I unfortunately missed a whole lot of the show. My wife called me, to draw my attention to it, in the middle of it, I had my wrong glasses on, so I missed even more fetching the right ones. Best, (I could do) :) Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9315