At TED I had the opportunity to address an issue close to my heart: can we marry our technology to our biology to expand what it means to be a human? If you're interested in more on this topic, see my new company NeoSensory, or read a short essay I wrote called "The Umwelt".
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Can we create new senses for humans?
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From the Blog
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Silicon Immortality: Downloading Consciousness into Computers
Well before we understand how brains work, we may find ourselves able to digitally copy the brain's structure and able to download the conscious mind into a computer. What are the possibilities and challenges?
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Time perception on the Discovery Channel
Watch an experiment in which we studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall.
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Perception on TNT
I was the scientific advisor for the TNT television drama,Perception, starring Eric McCormack and Rachael Leigh Cook. Learn more about the show.
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Scanning a 3,000 year old mummy
I performed a CT scan on an Egyptian mummy, and found beautiful objects inside.
In other news...
The secret life of the lab
Want to know more about the inner workings of a neuroscience lab? Watch a video profile of David and his students on NOVA Science Now.
Synesthesia book wins the Montaigne Medal
Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia has been awarded the Montaigne Medal, Eric Hoffer Award for Books.
Neurolaw: The Brain on Trial
Want to know how neuroscience will force major changes in our criminal justice system? Read David's article The Brain on Trial in The Atlantic. Now anthologized in 2012 Best American Science and Nature Writing.
