@LastAndLeast: Definition: "Magnetic fields surround magnetic materials and electric currents and are detected by the force they exert on other magnetic materials and moving electric charges". Sounds pretty electrical to me. #neurostar
@Curves: The magnetic field as described in the definition above does not carry any electric current, it is the result of the electric current. To understand the relation, electrical engineers use something called the right hand rule. If you put your hand in front of you and point your thumb up as if hitch-hiking and keep your other fingers half-curled, then the thumb shows the direction that the current flows through the wire, and your other fingers shows the direction the magnetic field travels radially around the wire (outside the wire). This is why electromagnets make normal magnets more powerful, because whenever current flows through a wire it always creates a magnetic field as well. The device described in the article is much like sticking a magnet against your forehead, except they are able to control the strength and how often the magnet is on (somewhat similar to an MRI). There would be no electrical shock at all. #neurostar
@Curves: No problem ;-) And despite my comment about no electrical shock, it is pretty creepy. I'm really curious as to why this would actually do anything. I wouldn't really want anything passing fields through my head, although with things like cellphones and even headphones we already do. Alas. #neurostar
@NotEdible: I figured out how it works. The patient is so terrified by this s/he SWEARS they are better so they dont have to go through it. I know it would scare ME straight. #neurostar
@Curves: If you think electroshock is scary, you should watch this TED Talk discussing how the presenter's life was saved by it. It was moving to me and changed my perception of the treatment.
Apparently dentists have an abnormally high suicide rate compared to other professions, so that chair might be quite soothing for those who need it. #neurostar
As the guy who invented the strawberry and let it slip into the public domain (who ever thought a clump of red seeds would take off), I'm not so sure I'd want to just give away any new idea I had.
For example, my first thought was to suggest Google develop an automated process to enable end users to search for specific unknown sites using no more than keywords and phrases, kind of like a universal search routine for the web. I mean, if anyone could do it, Google could. But then I figured... am I about the make the same mistake twice? Besides, anyone with enough motivation can just use Archie and pretty much find anything they want.
I wish the people who created the software that I use all day would have at some point accepted input from users instead of just the software engineers who created it.
The exact second I finished reading this article, I heard the tagline from the commercial playing on my tv... "Charter, The best reality out there". Whatever happened to tv being an escape from reality, not a substitute for it?
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It's powered by electricity, but doesn't use it on the patient.
For example, a dentist wouldn't use electricity to polish a tooth. #neurostar
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And still I think this therapy is kind of creepy. #neurostar
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[www.ted.com] #neurostar
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For example, my first thought was to suggest Google develop an automated process to enable end users to search for specific unknown sites using no more than keywords and phrases, kind of like a universal search routine for the web. I mean, if anyone could do it, Google could. But then I figured... am I about the make the same mistake twice? Besides, anyone with enough motivation can just use Archie and pretty much find anything they want.
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Oh, btw, for shame google, for shame.
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It's good to see Google following industry practices.
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So basically no better or worse than the majority of us..
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I sure as hell hope so.
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