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Perhaps implants are the future of Home Theater? (1 Viewer)

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Thought this was a really cool article, the implications seem significant:
The ability to see using one's back, magnetic fingers or an ultraviolet sense of sight?Those abilities may sound like the domain of X-Men mutants, but such innovations may not be far off, researchers say.Because the sensations that humans (and other animals) experience from sense organs like the nose are all processed and interpreted similarly in the brain, those organs could be augmented, replaced and transformed to create human superpowers."The brain doesn't care what the peripheral devices are that you plug in, like eyes and ears and nose and mouth," said researcher David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, on Sept. 28 at the Being Human conference, a daylong event focusing on questions about the science and mystery of the human experience. "These are plug-and-play peripheral devices and the brain will figure out how to use it."...
http://news.yahoo.com/smelling-storms-human-supersenses-may-become-reality-114537933.htmlThoughts????
 
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