Supercharge Your Brain With a Voltage Bump, Learn Faster

[billybobser]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]people say the prime for learning is till you are 35, after that its all down hill, this could extend it a bit...but than there are people like me, i would over clock my brain at the expense of it taking years off my life if i could learn in 2 years what would normally take 5.[/citation]
People say the actual learning peak is when you are around 5, and that it is in fact down hill from there, not only that, your brain reaches it's peak (of complexity/mass) at 21 and it's downhill from there.

If you don't learn the basics when you're 5, you'll struggle, and if don't generally don't know anything after you're 21 it'll only get harder and harder.

 

[dgingeri]

[citation][nom]billybobser[/nom]People say the actual learning peak is when you are around 5, and that it is in fact down hill from there, not only that, your brain reaches it's peak (of complexity/mass) at 21 and it's downhill from there.If you don't learn the basics when you're 5, you'll struggle, and if don't generally don't know anything after you're 21 it'll only get harder and harder.[/citation]
As a 39 year old, I can tell you it's all BS. My dad (at 67) is still quite capable, and learning to use new stuff all the time. My learning curve has slipped a little, but I am still quite above average. I wouldn't even consider myself truly aware of the world around me until I was at least 30. I look back, and I was just barely getting started back then.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]Haserath[/nom]Yet the more we use technology to enhance ourselves, the more de-evolution takes place. What happens when we rely on this technology then it disappears? I know, we shouldn't care about that since we probably won't have to worry about it in our lives(blah blah blah all about us blah blah blah who cares about the future populace blah blah blah).Then you could also have people that use the technology to implant thoughts into users(ie mind control). Yeah, 'it won't happen' until it happens; our brains create memories using voltage, so this could possibly do something like that. Call me crazy...[/citation]

realisticly, if all technology ever just dissapeared without any contingency plan, it would be an event or situation where even if we didnt rely on it, most of the world would be dead anyway

you have to also assume that if tech is around, some of it would work for a while probably saveing lives...

and with mind control... i wont call you crazy, but the tech is nowhere near that level, and reguardless of if you like it or not, we will advance to that level.

hell the world of deus ex human revolution could happen in my life time,

[citation][nom]house70[/nom]This is SOOOO much BS, I don't even know where to start...DBS and TMS (which deploys magnetic fields) are just in their infancy, use is limited and sketchy at best right now, medical evidence the same, and if any fool here is willing to believe a commercial device is already medically proven to work and pay for it, then by all means he/she deserves to be fleeced. Even for proven technology (like, say laser hair removal), commercially available devices are just pi$$-poor weak non-effective pieces of cr@p. But go ahead, fools, spend your money, some people in these start-ups need jobs, as well. It's a free-for-all market, and one's ignorance is another's treasure. Besides, who knows, one of you might be lucky and get some placebo effect, which is just as good as the real thing...[/citation]

yea things like hair removal are poor quality comertially... but lets put it this way, for less than 50$ i can buy a compositor strong enough to kill myself, if they read the documentation, getting something to run the voltage and amperage correctly could be made very cheap... its the difference between mass produce and special order.

and if they want to release something like this, they have to have some amount of government regulation, considering a large amount of fraud and possible injury if these things work

 

[cmartin011]

well enjoy ur pc-brain relation issues this offers much more potential than overclocking a PC. its a moral issue at most. there many ways to look at it. we are a learning machine not a calculation machine. its a our purpose on this planet. we should take it to the max only naturaly through its own means even if it need help along the way to answer those very complex issues.

 

[CKKwan]

Care to tell how to find out if my brain is Intel / AMD brand? I don't know the safety margin to over clock....

 

[digiex]

Overclocking the brain is dangerous if you do not provide proper cooling...

 

[willard]

[citation][nom]Haserath[/nom]Yet the more we use technology to enhance ourselves, the more de-evolution takes place.[/citation]
Actually, despite this common cry, that we are progressing backward as a species, IQs and other standardized test scores have been increasing consistently since we began keeping records. Humans are getting smarter, not dumber.

What happens when we rely on this technology then it disappears?

This isn't exactly super complex technology, you can literally make one with a 9v battery, some wire and a couple pennies (I do not recommend you do this). Also, what's going to make this technology disappear? Humans are excellent at archiving, technology doesn't just disappear.

Then you could also have people that use the technology to implant thoughts into users(ie mind control). Yeah, 'it won't happen' until it happens; our brains create memories using voltage, so this could possibly do something like that. Call me crazy...

This almost made me spit my coffee out it's so funny. That you think you can write memories in this way shows a profound lack of understanding of either the technology or the brain, and I doubt you have much of an understanding of electricity, since you called it voltage.

1. Memories are written in the same way every other structure in the brain modifies itself, by creating and breaking connections between neurons.

2. Shooting electricity into your brain can't target specific neurons. Instead, it will electrify whole regions of the brain.

3. Formation of memories is extremely poorly understood, so even if we could target specific neurons and use electricity to break and create connections, our understanding of the brain is literally decades away from even beginning to think about something like this.

You've been reading way too much science fiction if you think any part of what you said is remotely possible.

 

[dayblade]

Can it play Crysis?

 

[lassik]

Would I have to count Prime numbers as a form of benchmark/stress test?

 

[jl0329]

All those uninspired overclocking jokes give me goosebumps....

 

[dimar]

Does it void the warranty?

 

[Lord Captivus]

The machine comes with a Nitrogen bottle: "Just for emergencies".

 

[Guest]

There are over 600 published scientific articles on transcranial direct current stimulation available at http/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. tDCS has demonstrated safety and efficacy for the treatment of chronic pain, including migraine, neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia. tDCS improves recovery from stroke, enhances memory and reduces epileptic seizures. tDCS also shows promise for the treatment of ADHD, autism and the addictions. tDCS uses an imperceptibly small current to facilitate or inhibit neurons underlying surrface electrodes. The science behind tDS is beautiful in its simplicity. Using recommended parameters, tDCS has no side effects and is a viable non-drug alternative therapy. Many of the comments here reflect ignorance of tDCS and thus unfounded fears and conclusions.

 

[willard]

[citation][nom]James Fugedy[/nom]There are over 600 published scientific articles on transcranial direct current stimulation available at http/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. tDCS has demonstrated safety and efficacy for the treatment of chronic pain, including migraine, neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome and fibromyalgia. tDCS improves recovery from stroke, enhances memory and reduces epileptic seizures. tDCS also shows promise for the treatment of ADHD, autism and the addictions. tDCS uses an imperceptibly small current to facilitate or inhibit neurons underlying surrface electrodes. The science behind tDS is beautiful in its simplicity. Using recommended parameters, tDCS has no side effects and is a viable non-drug alternative therapy. Many of the comments here reflect ignorance of tDCS and thus unfounded fears and conclusions.[/citation]
You forgot to mention that the current used in tDCS is only 1% of the established maximum safe level, which itself is a conservative number.

 

[RipperjackAU]

Excellent, I'll go learn Kunk-Fu!

Is that air I think I'm breathing?

 

[ctbaars]

Chuck Norris approves this kick-ass product.

 

[bin1127]

Reminds me of the movie Limitless.

 

[zak_mckraken]

Makes me think of Limitless. If there's one thing this movie taught me, it's that there are only benefits and absolutely no negative consequences whatsoever to abuse of a brain-accelerating drug daily!

 

[cookoy]

So much claims yet so little info to back them up. Even the video is like a big joke.

 

[alfaalex101]

Totally going to get me one of these things and shrug off people that "call me a freak" - I already sleep on the floor (good for your back). They already already look at my 1.5 litre water bottle compared to their little 300ml I crush and drink so fast. Why are people so against functional things that are outside the norm (which they don't like anyway).