TIL that Phosphenes (the visual effect that you get when you rub your eyes) can also be triggered by magnetic brain stimulation, which has been experimentally used for brain-to-brain information trans

They used EEG & transcranial magnetic stimulation to send left/right information with an 81% success rate!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphene#Research

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Stampy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Pretty interesting. I wonder if this would be used for evil by something sending false images to people or blurring out things in real life…

isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 98d

Picture this:

A strong electromagnet in a bus stop that makes you hallucinate advertisements.