Is Neurostim Becoming a Reality? 249
destinyland writes "There is a current mass market for 'cognitive enhancement' products — and arguments about the black market potential for neurostim. 'The same neurostim device that uses electric impulses from a brain implant to treat people with Parkinson's Disease can be tweaked by a few millimeters and pulse rates to make cocaine addicts feel like they are high all the time... Mix the glamour of surgical self-improvement with the geekiness of high-tech gadget fetishism and you have a niche cosmetic neurostim market waiting to be tapped...'"
My name is Louis Wu (Score:5, Funny)
And can I have my droud back, please?
Thanks
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BMO
Stimpacks... hmmm (Score:3, Funny)
I'll be able to move faster, do more damage, and take more damage, all at a small cost of my health?
Fire it up!
Aye Aye (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:New drug for the morons (Score:3, Funny)
doesn't have anything better to do than getting doped up and hanging out and talking with their friends for hours about nothing.
We've already got Slashdot for that.
Re:Aye Aye (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... (Score:5, Funny)
And if it doesn't, it might win you a Darwin award.
Or you might be a redneck.
Did the definition of glamour change? (Score:5, Funny)
Mix the glamour of surgical self-improvement
Yeah, until they find your body. Then it has all the "glamor" of autoerotic asphyxiation.
Re:Screw making me happy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... (Score:2, Funny)
Dr. Nick: "I'll perform any operation for $129.95! Come in for brain surgery and receive a free Chinese finger trap!"
Re:"...the glamour of surgical self-improvement... (Score:5, Funny)
Peter: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head. Remember that?
Egon: That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.
Re:Possibilities. . . (Score:5, Funny)
I've known some women who report similar results with a "TENS" unit.
I'd like my orgasmatron to go up to "ELEVENS" personally.
Re:Possibilities. . . (Score:4, Funny)
You would realize that TENS units are for wimps. You'll want a cattle prod.
Re:New drug for the morons (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, all those stupid potheads. They can only ASPIRE to sit on their ass and post to slashdot. You, however, have truly have conquered life, and anyone who chooses another route certainly must be a moron.
Re:New drug for the morons (Score:1, Funny)
Step away from the coffee...
I repeat, STEP AWAY FROM THE COFFEE!