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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by spoonjim on Saturday October 22, 2022 @11:38PM (#33304375)
You can communicate with your brain with a one-bit protocol.
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by quickthrower2 on Saturday October 22, 2022 @11:44PM (#33304400)
Yeah I wonder if this has been done? Maybe 3 or 4 bits / second is possible.
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by JCharante on Sunday October 23, 2022 @01:08AM (#33304729)
So playing chess seems feasible
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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by pugets on Sunday October 23, 2022 @01:26AM (#33304802)
Something similar to it happened in 2019. A man became completely paralyzed, but retained his senses. With the help of medical experts, he learned to control his level of brain activity. A computer monitoring his brain activity produced an audio tone which would rise or fall corresponding to his activity level. Soon he was indicating “yes” or “no” to letters. One of his first sentences: “I love my cool son.”

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/22/1047664/locked-i...

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Re:Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Be Conscious by kqr on Sunday October 23, 2022 @04:47AM (#33305530)
I feel like one of my first sentences in these situations would be "Morse code". Granted, it's not strictly binary, but there's gotta be a way to make it work.
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