Gizmodo has a cool article about a Connecticut scientist who has translated various MRI images of the human brain into MIDI resulting in eerie ambient 'music'. Changes in brain activity are created through the use of various stimuli and custom software allocates specific note values to different parts of the brain. Thus, when different parts of the brain are stimulated, different series of notes are triggered. [via Waveformless]
But what if you could translate brain scans in to music in real time, and had the volunteer listen back to the music that was being created. What would happen? Would you eventually get some kind of mad recursive fractal tune as the brain figured out what was happening, or would you just get random noise? Yeah, I going with random noise too :(
When I was young, a few scientists hooked some electrodes up to my brain and then forced some electricity through it. They WERE real scientists but it wasn't in aid of any experiment, they were just doing it for the laugh. The result was severe brain damage and that manifests itself today in my liking of the Chuckle Brothers. Happily though, I received €70m from the State back in 1991.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who is a Nigerian Prince, who also happens to have €70m. He was wondering if you would like to swap your €70m for his €70m, just for carefree fun (it's an old Nigerian tradition). You can start the ball rolling by supplying your full name and bank account details, and he'll put his €70m in there first and then he'll contact you with his details for you to do the same.
ReplyDeleteI would but I'm in the middle of a deal with a man named Honest Charles. I'm helping him free up his inheritance. I hope he hurries up though, he hasn't responded since I sent him the €2,000 processing fee. I need to pay my rent so I think I'll try emailing him again.
ReplyDeleteWhat about knee MRI's, do you reckon my tumour is trying to communicate?
ReplyDeleteI reckon it's saying "ET phone home!" Hey speaking of knee growths, you saw this video of weird moving growth things in a sewer in North Carolina right? [youtube]
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