1 1 ‘‘` “ , 11 T " ‘` ‘ “ ‘ " ` . _. » T 5P°"’b°'""9 "" °" 9
l `‘· · · L T ` ‘- `‘ ‘ Om,. ‘ =` S ··· -1 is 1 .·· · 1 11 ·. 1 r 4 .· ‘..T 1 .
T p i; a 1 . ’ ._ i ii · - _ _ 1O_ - - 1
·*· '_ '· ·* aé il M I ' r V - - - , .._ ___ _,,,,)__ -___ m ' ' __ _r“ i _ _}`- _ I h - ` i" ; I =j 'r - ¤~‘ - J an ..... -. ». . · z ·· 1 a ...1 . .. . V __ ;_ S : I- V i
‘ i i S “ i W ` S 2 g ‘ i ii »
` J Z “ » _ ..*. 1 11 ‘‘ 11 . ‘
Sony aims to beam sights, sounds into O O
1 .. q ?,·J¤;·he:h=wa•.··>rt!· _ : _ _
braln
.r__ • ,-
-1 a sse sses Thursday, April r, zoos Posted: 1743 GMT {0143 Hm
1aa·ne>e.s;=a;;.i£.&t= ii
i ‘’ ‘ iw ` ·‘‘· p- s r 1 -a—». — -·-- 1 .--—
M LONDON, England (Reuters) ·· If 11 E
you think video games are - ____ _; __1. .1-‘_‘ r 1 _
engrossing now, just wait: _ —11,Jg_ O _ 1 ‘ 1 ‘‘’‘‘=
_ _ 1 PlayStation maker Sony Corp. -- 1 ·;u_ _ ·_ 1; ,1
s has been granted a patent for _.a_ --.a
beaming sensory information _1 ··
Damn 360 s directly into the brain. ‘`‘‘’ _ __.— 1 " *1
"'§j.,ndNI ’_‘Q. f " The technique could one day be used to · 1. O, -
mipark -i ‘ create video games in which you can ‘ O ,
- ····s · · 1 eee =i smell, taste, and touch, or to help people O O O _ __ O -1 O OOO 1 ,
{ ik “’h° are blind °'d°°f- l ‘ ’· $@1
N I Qi , Q1? ; ‘‘‘ i s 1 1 -·= ,,1 1e iii I
· " The U.S. patent, granted to Sony g a y
l‘‘· . -· 1 ‘ snpgmirlgmas km, describes a Q r C t- ·
m*=*‘**'**§°‘ €‘1%‘“%iming ultrasonic pulses at 1 Sony Orpma mn 1 1 _
O specific areas of the brain to induce ' _ , E
1 O "sensory experiences" such as smells, ’ Vld€0 Gamés gi-
sounds and images. 1 u v 11
. ‘ * Y"' Patents, Copyright and V 1
1 _ "The pulsed ultrasonic signal alters the = Trademarks { ii —— i
1 , 1 1 _ neural timing in the cortex,“ the patent O | » =
states. "No invasive surgery is needed to _ 11 ‘ l
assist a person, such as a blind person, i g ·i °r CREATE YOUR - g
to view live andfor recorded bmges or 3 1 __ \ 1_ 1 1 Ow 1 j
heal- Soundsl" S€i:1¥2%=:¥Y2¤F§1*·21.-..*.51 1,.!:_;!,—.
According to New Scientist magazine, the lirst to report on the Sony's
technique could be an improvement over an existing non-surgical method known as
transcranial magnetic stimulation. This activates nerves using rapidly changing ,
magnetic iields, but cannot be f on small groups of brain cells. 1
Niels Birbaumer, a neuroscientist at the University of Tuebingen in Germany, told
New Scientist he had looked at the Sony patent and "found it plausible." Birbaumer
himself has developed a device that enables disabled people to communicate by
reading their brain waves.
A Sony Electronics spokeswoman told the magazine that no experiments had been
conducted. and that the patent "was based on an inspiration that this may someday
be the direction that technology will take us." ’ ‘ · 1
http://edition.cmt.com/2005/TECH/fun.gamesf04/07/sony.brai11.reut! 4/7/2005
United States Free Forms
Canada Free Forms
United Kingdom Free Forms
Australia Free Forms