On December 11, the Japanese Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (Computational Neuroscience Laboratories) provided the press with these two sets of images. The top set of characters was shown to a test subject, and the bottom set was scanned from the brain of the test subject.

Yes – black and white image snapshots from the human mind.

By using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging), the ATRI-CNL team was able to map bloodflow patterns in the visual cortex of test subjects. With the aid of software and voodoo, they were able to reconstruct the images “seen” in the mind of the test subjects.
Holy sh!t!

Super-cool technology we can expect to see from this:
• “Dream photography.”
• Witnesses producing mental photographs of perpetrators and crime scenes.
• Communication with the paralyzed/comatose.
• Espionage: photography of sensitive/classified materials from memories.
• Testing “psychic abilities” by photographing “visions.”
• Marketing development: learning what images “stick.”
• Real-to-mind artwork: photographing your artistic vision.

(via Pink Tentacle, via Chunichi)

Tags: art, kicking ass!, science, sciencey stuff, signs of the Apocalypse, technology
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