Brain Scanning Machine. - Neatorama

Photo: CTF Systems Inc.

This weird contraption is a Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner. It scans ... your brain!

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanners work by measuring the magnetic field produced by the brain. While MEG scans don't do a good job of deciphering the geography of the brain, they can easily detect instantaneous changes in brain activity, allowing scientists to track changes that happen in milliseconds.

Found at Wired

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"Next I'm going to ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest! But I'm not an alien!"
Tom Servo, as Exeter, MST3K: This Island Earth

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My comment: "Presenting...DEVO!"

Hubby's comment: "Here we see Exeter, relaxing after a long day at the lab..."

My four-year-old son's comment: "Maybe he has a croupy cough..."

(C'mon, he's four, whaddya expect?)

--TwoDragons

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My grandmother used to dry her hair in one of those things.

Aware's comment was funnier than mine.

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no, this guy looks russian for some reason. sergei?

that, or he's made of soft-serve frozen yogurt. hmm, siberia?

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Heck; everybody knows that bacteria communicate using 'cell' phones.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. ;o)

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LOL Dave :)

Another flawless TED presentation... except the skirt ;p

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What an amazing speaker. Incredible how she can make such a complex scientific subject easily understandable to the ordinary person.

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What an awesome speech. Science rocks!

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She's my sister. I'm very proud of her. Amazing to see her on this website that I look at daily.
thanks,

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Science FTW!

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Like other non-intelligent creatures, I'm pretty sure they use Twitter.

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I really enjoyed her talk, her research is absolutely fascinating!

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Awesome!

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Wow, interesting talk! The strategy regarding how virulence works is kind of creepy, though.

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Duh Christophe, the skirt was topical. Notice the bacteria life-form graphics.

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If you find this interesting you should go check out Bruce Lipton also, he explains how dna/rna/signals works very good:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8506668136396723343
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6568107389365915765

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That was extremely interesting. However, I am not sure about the application into antibiotics. It seems more like the idea would suppress the bacteria - making the world dependent on the bacteria inhibitors long term. I can see the short term applications of slowing disease, but I don't feel like there is a viable long term application in her presentation. I do believe it would useful and easier to use the molecules used to talk intra-species as a indicator of that species in the body. but I digress and concede that it was extremely fascinating.

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@gtstiggy: That's what I thought too. I think she was talking about a "treatment" not a resolution. Also if you make bacteria grow and divide and become bigger population, race conditions for resources may start. Also depending on bacteria type, the hosted bacteria may produce biochemicals that are poisonous or harmful for the host with timely growing amounts. May be there are other biological things that modified sensing chemicals do on targets she do not talk about here.

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I wonder - when bacteria will discover wheel ?

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