"Still, Chang says, the stimulation technologies that his team and others are developing are only a first step towards better treatment for mood disorders. He predicts that data from trials of brain implants could help researchers to develop non-invasive therapies for mental illnesses that stimulate the brain through the skull. “The exciting thing about these technologies,” he says, “is that for the first time we’re going to have a window on the brain where we know what’s happening in the brain when someone relapses.”
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thank you for posting.
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Uh oh. I don’t like the sound of that ! 
This is really intriguing. Right now they’re working on things like concentration, empathy, mood, and OCD.
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The implant part? They’ll eventually figure out how to put it in a hat.
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Very good news.
What happens when someone hacks it and makes you manic at a keystroke?
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Quantum encryption? Standalone (not conectable via wireless)?
It’s a potential problem, they’re finding pacemakers might be hackable, although no one’s done it that we know of.
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