Berkeley scientists make pictures from brainwaves

[Edvard]

University of California, Berkeley, scientists have managed to create a close approximation of what our thoughts look like. First they mapped brain wave response to 18 million seconds of random YouTube videos. Then, patients viewed a series of videos, and those brain waves were matched with the correlating visuals from the first test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjDnYxJ0bo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjDnYxJ0bo

from something I read somewhere and somebody else reminded me about it.

[f0dder]

This is your brain - this is your brain on acid.

[40hz]

Wouldn't it be easier to just show a very fuzzy photo of a naked woman?

That would accurately reflect about 90% of all male brainwaves roughly 90% of the time.

[Edvard]

This is your brain - this is your brain on acid.

No dude, this is your brain on magnets...  o_O

Wouldn't it be easier to just show a very fuzzy photo of a naked woman?

Well, there was that composite photo of like ~20 years worth of Playboy centerfolds in one exposure that IIRC looked VERY similar.
You might have a point there.  

P.S. Found the news link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/berkeley-scientists-create-visual-pictures-from-brain-waves-video/2011/09/23/gIQA1f4aqK_blog.html

[Edvard]

Well, there was that composite photo of like ~20 years worth of Playboy centerfolds in one exposure that IIRC looked VERY similar.

Found it:
http://flavorwire.com/217013/pic-of-the-day-composites-of-playboy-centerfolds-by-decade
(safe for work)

[f0dder]

This is your brain - this is your brain on acid.

No dude, this is your brain on magnets...  o_O

Magnets - how do they WORK?!