Mind-reading program translates brain activity with "on the nose"technology
Jan Schnupp, professor of neuroscience at Oxford University called the work “astounding”and imagines what the particles might do for those with dementia or in coma
Scientists have picked up fragments of people's thoughts by decoding the
brain activity Small devices for such detection once the size of a pin are now as
small as “a piece of dust’ hence the term “neural dust” that can enter a body system
through inhalation Other senses like touch and taste must travel through the body via neurons and the spinal cord before reaching the brain whereas the olfactory response is immediate, extending directly to the brain. This is the only place where our central nervous system is directly exposed to the environment. As well as the limbic system which is concerned with translating sensory data from the neo-cortex (the thinking brain) into motivational forces for behavior and mediation between a person’s recognition of an event, their perception of it.These tiny devices in the nasal passages could transform the lives of thousands of people who lose the ability to speak as a result of a stroke or other medical conditions. Experiments on 17 patients in the US in 2012 showed that a computer could decipher brain waves and encode thoughts without the nanoparticles having to enter the blood nor blood brain barrier as the specks of neural dust(macro processors) can be inhaled through the nose providing ample access and transmission of “thought systems” …which enabled the recording of brain activity and play back of specific words they heard, and even thoughts they were having not associated with the initial trial… The neural dust is expelled naturally through the mucous membrane in less than a week
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