Japanese scientists claim to have successfully recreated images direct from the brain

[Admin]

Moving towards the ability for computers to literally see the images what you are thinking?

Original story is here.

Images read from human brain

In a world first, a research group in Kyoto Prefecture has succeeded in processing and displaying optically received images directly from the human brain.

The group of researchers at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, including Yukiyasu Kamitani and Yoichi Miyawaki, from its NeuroInformatics Department, said about 100 million images can be read, adding that dreams as well as mental images are likely to be visualized in the future in the same manner.



The research will be published Thursday in the U.S. scientific journal "Neuron."



Optically received images are converted to electrical signals in the retina and treated in the brain's visual cortex.



Continue reading article (or the original Japanese press release here)

[MaybeTomorrow]

....Is this a good thing?

[-Ra-]

Oh, if they could see my thoughts, they'd go blind. ;-)

Ra,

[Zoe]

I think it would be awesome (and creepy) to be able to watch my dreams (and nightmares) when I wake up. Know those hot sex dreams when you wake up in the middle and you're like, "Noooo! I'm still asleep! I'm still... dammit!"

But I have some pretty horrific nightmares, too. Usually about maimed loves ones, which I would REALLY not want to see again!

[Admin]

But I have some pretty horrific nightmares, too. Usually about maimed loves ones, which I would REALLY not want to see again!

Whew! I started reading that sentence and for a split second wondered if you were giving T.M.I. on your sex dreams.

[-Ra-]

Know those hot sex dreams when you wake up in the middle and you're like, "Noooo! I'm still asleep! I'm still... dammit!" !

OMG, I had one last night! Just when you're about to get it on, just as you're at the BEST part, this frickin' little voice whispers "wait a minute, this is too good to be true, this must be a dream!" and then before you know it, you're awake, yet you keep your eyes shut, try to hold on to that image, and fight with your subconscious to stay asleep, of course it's all for naught, b/c you end up waking up. Then you go to the bathroom, and try to fight your *a-hem!* by almost breaking it, so you can aim into the bowl and not pee on the ceiling.

Ra,

[Zoe]

Whew! I started reading that sentence and for a split second wondered if you were giving T.M.I. on your sex dreams.

Ohh baby, Uncle Milton's bullet wounds... ohh yeah!

[Zoe]

... Then you go to the bathroom, and try to fight your *a-hem!* by almost breaking it, so you can aim into the bowl and not pee on the ceiling.

Ra,

I have never had that problem, no. Sounds sexy!

[meowbark]

I have never had that problem, no. Sounds sexy!

But you ain't a dude.... or a hermaphrodite. Are you?

[cutie_pop]

Wow, that is so cool! ^^

[-Ra-]

Here's another thought: If they manage to successfully remove crystal-clear images from the brain, won't that put a lot of people out of business? Like artists, and directors and movie stars (no tears there) will be irrelevant.

Ra,

[Zoe]

But you ain't a dude.... or a hermaphrodite. Are you?

Come and see

Here's another thought: If they manage to successfully remove crystal-clear images from the brain, won't that put a lot of people out of business? Like artists, and directors and movie stars (no tears there) will be irrelevant.

Ra,

Okay movie stars can just be thrown out of that mix. As for artists and directors... well the final product is never exactly what's in their mind. They mix and match and experiment until they create something that works for them. That's the art of it. And besides, I don't think stealing mental images is going to be legal...

[Admin]

Here's another thought: If they manage to successfully remove crystal-clear images from the brain, won't that put a lot of people out of business? Like artists, and directors and movie stars (no tears there) will be irrelevant.

Actually... I imagine that would open up a whole new field! Who has the most vivid imagination? I'd be interested in seeing into the minds of blind people, mentally insane people, people who did way too many drugs (or are in the middle of a bad trip), etc.

[Miss Matchmaker]

Right. If they did do it, then why would it be legal? People would steal things and copyrights would be all confusing.