Well, well, well.....

https://boingboing.net/2018/04/19/government-accidentally-sends.html

One line I found interesting was the Microwave Hearing / Hypnotist verbiage.

I wonder if you could use audible hypnosis via unusual transmission
path that seems to be internal thinking to put a person in a trance
state where they'd accept the suggestion they're paralyzed.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:37 PM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:24 AM, Rob O'Connor <xxxxxx@ozemail.com.au>
> wrote:
>>
>> What would be plausible is a 'control helmet' as a near-future restraint
>> device. It would use transcranial coils to jam the motor cortices of the
>> cerebrum, preventing the initiation of voluntary movement. Potential side
>> effects would include seizures, strokes and death.
>>
>> It would also be possible to induce involuntary movements - a 'puppeteer
>> device', so to speak - if the cortices could be mapped to sufficient
>> resolution ("What happens if I poke this bit of brain?")
>>
>>
>
>
> We wouldn't need to understand now the brain creates voluntary muscle
> commands. "All" we would need to know is how to differentiate between these
> and the INvoluntary ones. A control helmet (or collar) could then allow
> transmission of the latter while blocking transmission of the former. If
> even finer detailed knowledge of transmission profiles were available, such
> a device could be given the ability to allow passage of voluntary
> transmissions that comply with a captor's order ("Follow this guard.") while
> blocking all others.
>
> --
> Richard Aiken
>
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