Archive for the Mind Category

The Fading Photo: Troxler’s Fading

Posted in Illusion, Mind on November 8, 2011 by Simon

Apparently due to this phenomenon called Troxler’s Fading, it is possible to stare at an image and have it disappear right before your eyes. Pick a point in the online pharmacies viagra middle of the image below and stare at it. Wait a few seconds and it will start to fade away. Don’t move your eyes or it will come back; just observe in your peripheral vision.

Turning Brain Visions Into Digital Imagery

Posted in Mind, Science on September 24, 2011 by Simon

We have always left the idea of having a screen display our mind’s visuals to science fiction. Guess what? It’s still mostly science fiction, but we’re getting more and more towards making it science non-fiction. Scientists at UC Berkeley have found a way to take a person’s visual activity data and match it to a database of similar visuals. So it’s not quite projecting your mind, but it’s matching your mind to a library of buy discount cialis super force possible visuals. With a big enough library, who knows. Part of me hopes I’m dead before this goes mainstream.