<the Original name of the technology – transcrinal direct current simulation (tDCS). The idea is simple as a stump and delightful as the Phoenix.
1. Clear skull in certain places from unwanted hair.
2. Placing electrodes at specific locations (an area of about 4 cm.)
3. To stimulate the brain in certain places, giving a weak discharges of the order of several milliamperes, in accordance with a set program. May moderately pinch, but no more.
tDCS is to be distinguished from the electroshock therapy, which treat the most neglected forms of depression. In electroshock therapy the power level is 600 milliamps, which are applied to the entire brain.
Works just tDCS to the brain regions that you want to encourage, is applied to the positive electrode, the negative set on the field for braking. In the excited areas, the neurons fired more often in the slowing down Vice versa, respectively.
The technology exists for about 10 years, but until recently was used primarily to treat damage from a stroke. Now it is actively tested as a cognitive enhancer! One study showed that tDCS can improve learning fine motor skills (Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, vol 106, p 1590), another found that using tDCS to enhance the mathematical skills of experimental... of the transhuman (Current Biology, vol 20, p 2016).
All of this paints a very rosy picture:
1) tDCS safe when used correctly, because strict U.S. regulators approved it for testing for non-medical purposes;
2) tDCS works;
3) tDCS is quite simple and can be implemented independently, regardless of the actions of corporations, the decisions of governments and investors.
So. You know, how cool is that?!?! Very soon we will be able to buy/collect tDCS devices for their personal use. The technique is sufficiently Mature, the network has recipes for standard situations – skill to pump And to pump the skill Used to disable irrational anxiety before the exam, to enable accelerated learning... you Can do "scans" of certain cognitive States, upload to torrent trackers, download and fill in for my tDCS machine. And most importantly – no one can impede us to do it.
Era of hardcore transhumanism begins. Congratulations, friends.
According to NewScientist, April 9-15.
Transkranialna directed electrical stimulation of the brain
Found online an interesting article. Does anyone have information about such things? Likely to be in English. I searched and found only General information. Desired frequency, the place of the skull, etc. Let's discuss)
