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BBC programme last night called "How to Stay Young" included a visit to a USAF facility where they were improving powers of memory and concentration by running a 1 - 2 milliamp current though electrodes on the head. It apparently improved performance by about 30 %. This was useful for people watching footage from drones and they could decide whether to shoot people or not.

Such a device could also help you play chess... It might infringe 11.1 and 11.5, but it is not a "communication device", so maybe it's legal!

Kevin Thurlow wrote: Such a device could also help you play chess...

As described, it sounds guaranteed to do so, and by quite a lot.

Kevin Thurlow wrote:they were improving powers of memory and concentration by running a 1 - 2 milliamp current though electrodes on the head.

We need a volunteer

Kevin Thurlow wrote:BBC programme last night called "How to Stay Young" included a visit to a USAF facility where they were improving powers of memory and concentration by running a 1 - 2 milliamp current though electrodes on the head. It apparently improved performance by about 30 %. This was useful for people watching footage from drones and they could decide whether to shoot people or not.

Such a device could also help you play chess... It might infringe 11.1 and 11.5, but it is not a "communication device", so maybe it's legal!

I would certainly remember if somebody did this to me , and I would concentrate carefully to see if they planned to do it again.

So it must work!

JustinHorton wrote:

Kevin Thurlow wrote:they were improving powers of memory and concentration by running a 1 - 2 milliamp current though electrodes on the head.

We need a volunteer

Maybe a retired GM?