DIY Brain Enhancement or Frankenstein?
Would you experiment with your brain? Perhaps there's a Dr. Frankenstein in us all. Introducing Victoria | Frankenstein, MD - Episode 1 http://youtu.be/M4Xg_enWRTk?list=PL1mtdjDVOoOpqIeRp2uV2pEkQ7...
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Back in the 1780s, this guy - Italian scientist Luigi Galvani - struck dead frogs legs with an electric spark - and they twitched. He demonstrated the electrical basis of our nerve impulses. Now, hundreds of years later, the same direct current technique is being used to supercharge our brains. Galvani and Volta, another Italian scientist, debated whether direct current was the spark of life or if it just triggered the movement of dead muscles. The scientific community progressed towards team Volta, thinking that electricity triggered dead muscle movement - not life itself. The action in the scientific world was mirrored in fiction, with the reanimation of Dr. Frankenstein’s creature in Mary Shelley’s famous work. Direct current stimulation contin...
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Back in the 1780s, this guy - Italian scientist Luigi Galvani - struck dead frogs legs with an electric spark - and they twitched. He demonstrated the electrical basis of our nerve impulses. Now, hundreds of years later, the same direct current technique is being used to supercharge our brains. Galvani and Volta, another Italian scientist, debated whether direct current was the spark of life or if it just triggered the movement of dead muscles. The scientific community progressed towards team Volta, thinking that electricity triggered dead muscle movement - not life itself. The action in the scientific world was mirrored in fiction, with the reanimation of Dr. Frankenstein’s creature in Mary Shelley’s famous work. Direct current stimulation contin...
