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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by timothycrosley on Thursday July 06, 2017 @01:40PM (#14712226)
Serious question: Could a user of such a device, wear some sort of protective hat for situations like this? Since you can't really fully predict where interference can occur, and otherwise avoiding it could cause you not to be able to have anything resembling a normal life.
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by TomMarius on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:07PM (#14712455)
Of course, a tin foil one, ideally.
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by valine on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:17PM (#14713079)
You probably wouldn't need a hat. Neurostimulators made by Medtronic, the part that outputs the therapy and listens for input, are actually implanted in the chest or stomach area. The actual brain implant is just a thin wire that connects to the stimulator.
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by jerf on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:18PM (#14713084)
It may be possible, but it's more complicated that you might think. It seems the original source is gone, but when some MIT students actually measured the effectiveness of tin foil hats, they could end up amplifying some frequencies: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-ampli...

It's hard to know without testing, but blocking this could require quite a lot of headgear. Way easier to build something that can take it better.

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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by csours on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:51PM (#14712868)
I'm probably on a list now: https://www.amazon.com/Shielded-Protection-against-Radio-Fre...
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by samueloph on Thursday July 06, 2017 @03:14PM (#14713053)
that looks like a nice way to concentrate all the rf radiation right in the center of your brain, doesn't this ricochet all the rf that enters from below the hat?
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by mrleinad on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:43PM (#14712809)
Throw in a purple cape an you'll be very popular at Comic-Con cosplaying Magneto.
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by astrodust on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:40PM (#14712780)
Who doesn't wear a Faraday cage over their head in public?
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Re:Why People with Brain Implants Are Afraid to Go Through A... by msla on Thursday July 06, 2017 @02:15PM (#14712547)
Wearing a hat indoors? Where were you raised? Show some respect!

Seriously, wearing a hat indoors is a strong cultural taboo in some regions.

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