http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:59:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7101 Francois Tremblay Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:50:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7101 Yea, you could implant electrodes in someone's brain and control his movement. You could also just threaten him with a gun. I fail to see how the problem changes any. Technology is not inherently good or evil, people are. Yea, you could implant electrodes in someone’s brain and control his movement. You could also just threaten him with a gun. I fail to see how the problem changes any. Technology is not inherently good or evil, people are.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7100 Phil Rodowsky Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:01:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7100 Hmmm... SciFi For reference see the "Ring World" series by Larry Niven. The Louis Wu, the main Character in Larry's yarn, had a pervasive addiction to "The Wire"... Thank goodness it came with a timer, otherwise there wouldn't have been a story. Hmmm… SciFi For reference see the “Ring World” series by Larry Niven. The Louis Wu, the main Character in Larry’s yarn, had a pervasive addiction to “The Wire”… Thank goodness it came with a timer, otherwise there wouldn’t have been a story.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7099 David Govett Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:47:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/04/11/zap/#comment-7099 No doubt Sony is developing NeuroBoy, a handheld neurotransmitter controller. I can imagine 24x7 runner's high (and more). No doubt Sony is developing NeuroBoy, a handheld neurotransmitter controller. I can imagine 24×7 runner’s high (and more).

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