Archive for the 'Mind Control' Category
Chinese Military Trains Students to Control Machines with Their Minds
August 12th, 2015The source article is in Chinese. So, Daily Mail warning. Via: Daily Mail: Forget joysticks and exoskeletons, the future of warfare could see robot armies controlled using just a commander’s mind. China has been training students at a military academy to use headsets that detect and interpret the brain activity of the wearer, allowing them […]
Brainwave-Reading Patents Spike on Increase in Commercial Mind-Reading Apps
May 9th, 2015Via: Network World: More developers are creating commercial applications that use brainwave-reading technology that was previously found only in the medical field.
New Memories Implanted in Mice While They Sleep
March 10th, 2015Via: New Scientist: Benchenane’s team used electrodes to monitor the activity of mice’s place cells as the animals explored an enclosed arena, and in each mouse they identified a cell that fired only in a certain arena location. Later, when the mice were sleeping, the researchers monitored the animals’ brain activity as they replayed the […]
Neuroscientists Reverse Memories’ Emotional Associations
August 28th, 2014Via: MIT News: Most memories have some kind of emotion associated with them: Recalling the week you just spent at the beach probably makes you feel happy, while reflecting on being bullied provokes more negative feelings. A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals the brain circuit that controls how memories become linked with positive or […]
Consciousness On-Off Switch Discovered Deep in Brain
July 6th, 2014Wow, you’ll love this one. Via: New Scientist: ONE moment you’re conscious, the next you’re not. For the first time, researchers have switched off consciousness by electrically stimulating a single brain area. Scientists have been probing individual regions of the brain for over a century, exploring their function by zapping them with electricity and temporarily […]
Coincidence: Las Vegas Shooter Jerad Miller Interviewed by NBC News During Bundy Standoff
June 9th, 2014Imagine that. Here’s how the clip ran back in April. Via: NBC: Related: Dad of Female Las Vegas Shooter Begged Her Not to Marry Jerad Miller
Military Plans to Test Brain Implants to Fight Mental Disorders
May 28th, 2014Via: NPR: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is launching a $70 million program to help military personnel with psychiatric disorders using electronic devices implanted in the brain. The goal of the five-year program is to develop new ways of treating problems including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, all of which are […]
FBI Releases Heavily Blacked Out Sandy Hook Records
May 2nd, 2014Via: The Courant: The FBI has released about 175 pages of heavily blacked-out documents from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre investigation. Of the 175 pages released in response to a Courant Freedom of Information request, 64 were completely redacted and most of the other 111 pages were heavily redacted. The Courant submitted the request […]
Du Pont Family Heir Convicted of Raping Daughter Sentenced to… (Wait for It) Probation – Also Accused of Abusing Son
April 1st, 2014Is the judge in on it? Compromised in some way? From The News Journal: A Superior Court judge who sentenced a wealthy du Pont heir to probation for raping his 3-year-old daughter noted in her order that he “will not fare well” in prison and needed treatment instead of time behind bars, court records show. […]
Christian Cult Leader Worked Tampa “BLACK ICE” Operation
March 8th, 2014Via: Mad Cow Productions: Moreover, during the 1970’s and 1980’s, McClain was one of the leaders of a bizarre Christian cult which grew to more than 10,000 members living on farms and ranches in wilderness areas on three separate continents, including remote corners of Colombia, Peru, and Guatemala. According to an account in the New […]