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             I would  be interested in hearing more about  transmitting

        info into the brain, if you come across any.

             I've been collecting information on how the brain analyzes &

        processes  information,  in a attempt to do  speech  recognition.

        Here  are a few of the things that I've found that your colleages

        might find useful, when transmitting info INTO the brain.   (Need

        less  to say a lot of this information is controversial,  and in

        some  cases in direct conflict with the  'medical establishment';

        but I go where the path leads....)

             The   most   interesting  work, as  well   as the   most

        controversial, in  this area has been done by G. Patrick Flanagan

        on a device  he calls the "Neurophone".

             The  basic  concept  of the Neurophone is it  has  an  audio

        input,  which  can come from a microphone, tape  recorder,  radio

        etc....   With an output that goes to two  transducers  that  you

        wear  as  a  head  band.  The  transducer  disks  are  made  from

        Zirconium  Titanate  imbedded in  acrylic  plastic  tiles  which

        possesses  the  same dielectric constant as human skin  [Any  one

        know  where  to  get such a transducer, or how  you  measure  the

        dielectric  constant of the skin?].  The end result is that  your

        brain perceives the sound that is input into the Neurophone  with

        NO  involvement of the Ear.

        Batteau of  Tuffs University  devised an experiment that proved the

        the Neurophone does NOT work by:

              (A) the transducers act as electrostatic loudspeakers,

              (B) the transducers excite  via bone conduction of the sound,

              (C) the transducers activate the Eighth Cranial Nerve.

             Flanagan hypothesizes that input to the brain is based  upon

        the  fact that the skin is both piezoelectric and  optoelectric,

        that  is,  when the skin is stimulated by an electric or  photon

        field,   it  vibrates.   This means  that  it  produces   minute

        electrical currents when vibrated or rubbed.

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             Sheldon  C. Deal, D.C, N.D. of Tucson says (REF  #1):   "The

        skin is embryonically the source of all our special senses.   Our

        skin contains more sensors for heat, touch, pain, ect., than  any

        other part  of  the  human  anatomy.   The  human  ear  evolves

        embryonically out of the convolutions of the skin of an  embryo.

        Basically,  the  skin is the oldest evolutionary  nervous  system

        sensor.   Another  way to look at this, is the special  sense of

        touch has progressively extended over the entire body by way of

        the  skin  and evolutionarywise our other special  senses  should

        follow suit and extend over our entire body in time [What is that

        going to look like?].  The skin then, since it is the  precursor

        of  the  ears,  should also be cable of hearing,  or  to  put it

        another  way, it should be able to transmit the sense of  hearing

        to the brain by means other than the 8th Cranial Nerve."

             The  Zirconium  Titanate transducer  effectively  forms  a

        piezoelectric transmitter, where some thing called the  Pacinian

        Corpuscle acts as a receiver.

             The  Pacinian  Corpuscle is a  special  nerve  ending  that

        transforms   mechanical  vibration,  or  pressure,   into   nerve

        impulses.   (REF  #11)  The  Pacinian Corpuscle  consists  of  a

        sensitive  nerve  ending surrounded by  a  cylindrical-like  core

        structure consisting of closely packed membranes called lamellae.

        The core is surrounded by a second set of lamellae, in which  the

        distance   between   each  one  increases  from  the  innermost

        lamella toward the periphery of the corpuscle.  The space between

        all  the  lamellae  is  filled with  a  liquid  whose mechanical

        properties  can be  considered similar to that of water.  When  a

        displacement  of the  outermost  lamella  is caused  by  exerting

        an   appropriate  pressure, this stimulus is transmitted  to  the

        core, and  in   turn,  causes a  compression of  the  innermost

        lamella.   This  system   acts as  a  differentiating mechanical

        amplifier.

             What   all  of this gobbledygook is trying to say  is   that

        the  Pacinian Corpuscle responds best to a square  wave  signal.

        Where the  time-rate-of-change of the signal is  more  important

        than the amplitude  of the pressure applied to  the corpuscle.

        This shows  that  this  receptor is designed  to  detect  time

        significance first, and pressure significance secondly.

             Now  that  we  have gotten trough the  descriptions  of  the

        transmitter  (Zirconium  Titanate transducer) and  the  receiver

        (Pacinian Corpuscle) we can get into the interesting stuff:

                                Interesting Stuff:

                                  Nerve encoding

             In the Neurophone the input signal is passed into a  section

        which clips everything into a series of square waves,  analogous

        to  the sort of clipped waves Lisitsyn confirms are the  carriers

        of  the human brain waves (REF #8).   Next, the square waves  are

        differentiated, yielding a series of sharp spikes.  These  spikes

        are again differentiated, since these are finite spikes with real

        non-zero  rise  times and decay times  rather  than  theoretical

        constructs,  a  series of noisy spikes results  from  the  second

        differentiator   section.   From  here,  the  noisy  spikes   are

        introduced to the Zirconium Titanate transducers which are placed

        on the skin.

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             In REF #6:  "It was established that the nervous system uses

        time ratios as major sources of intelligent information.  It  was

        found that  speech  intelligibility was contained  in  the  time

        dominant ratios in the speech waveform.  Speech quality was found

        to  be  contained in dominant frequency ratios.  So  the  nervous

        system is designed to recognize two distinct parameters: the time

        domain and the frequency domain."

             This is  similar  to  the  work of  Dr. Arie Visser of Extrema

        Systems International Corporation.   The  Extrema  theory  of human

        perception  assumes  that  the ear  distinguishes   sounds  not  by

        amplitude  or frequency,  but  rather  by  timing  and  context.

        Specifically, the ear extracts only certain features of a signal-

        that  is, the local minima and maxima, or the extrema and  passes

        to the brain the instances at which they occur [it doesn't matter

        whether  it is minima or maxima, just the change in direction of

        the signal is important].

        Here  is  a  starting point for  the  circuitry  for  a Neurophone,

        and a Extrema Enhancer:

             Find  your self a copy of "National Semiconductor's  "Linear

        Applications  Databook" 1986, then locate: AN-72 "The LM3900:  A

        New Current-Differencing Quad of +/- Input Amplifiers"

             For the Extrema Enhancer hook up the AN-72 stages like so:

             Input:>>----AN-72-35 4 KHz Low Pass Filter --------> (A)

        Noise Source:

             Noisy Zener Diode (1N964B) & 100k bias resistor----> (B)

             From (A) ----\

                           *---AN-72-87 Audio Mixer-------------> (C)

             From (B) ----/

             From (C) ----AN-72-82 Differentiator---------------> (D)

             A  point worth experimenting with would be to  put  multiple

        differentiators in series.

                           /---AN-72-66 Invert Volt Compar------> (E)

             From (D) ----*   (Bisa for + and - = Set/Reset)

                          \---AN-72-68 Non-Invert Volt Compar--> (F)

             From (E) ------\

                             *--AN-72-59 Bi-Stable-Multivbrater-> (G)

             From (F) ------/

             (G)  Is  now a square wave in the Time-Domain of the  input

                  signal's  extremas.  Timing-Feature-Extraction  output

                  (Speech recognition output here)

             From (G) ----AN-72-83 Difference Integrator--------> (H)

             (H) ----AN-72-35 4 KHz Low Pass Filter --------->> (Output)

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             (Output):  is  now  filtered  version  of  input (Increased

             signal-to-noise-ratio  [More  signal than  noise,  than  the

             original input signal], with redundant information removed).

             Heres  a starting  point for  the  Neurophone  (I'am  still

             studying how this works, so haven't got it finished yet).

             >>--- Input (0 - 15 KHz) --------------------------> (A)

           AN-72-41 Sine wave Oscillator [50 KHz] --------> (B)

             From (A) ----\

                           *---AN-72-87 Audio Mixer-------------> (C)

             From (B) ----/

             (C) ---- AN-72-34 High Pass filter ----------------> (D)

             [Multiple  stages:  High-pass filter having a 6 decibels per

             octave slope  from 0 to 15 KHz, total combined slope  of 12

             decibels per octave. ]

             (D) ----- AN-72-13 Non-Inverting AC Amp -----------> (E)

             (E) ------ AN-72-?  Clipper -----------------------> (F)

             (F) ----- AN-72-13 Non-Inverting AC Amp -----------> (G)

             (G) ------ AN-72-?  Clipper -----------------------> (H)

             (H) ------- AN-?-? Output driver --*---> Zi-Ti Out (Right)

                                                 \--> Zi-Ti Out (Left)

             For safety reasons the Neurophone circuit should be  battery

        powered.

          So where do we go from here/hear?

        References:

             Extrema  processing  is  covered by  US patent 4,545,065.

        Flanagan's  "Nervous System Excitation Device" is covered  by US

        patent 3,393,279 7/16/68.  The Neurophone Thinkman [TM] Model 50

        is  covered  by  US  Patent  3,647,970  "Method  And  System  For

        Simplifying Speech Waveforms" 3/7/72.

        [1] "Meridian Balancing by use of the Neurophone" Sheldon C. Deal

             D.C., N.D.;  of  Tucson; Director of the  Swan  Clinic,  Current

             [Former?]  President  of  the International  College  of  Applied

             Kinsiology.  Reprinted in Innergy News June 1980.

        [2] "Role of the Pinna [External Ear/Ear Lobe] in  Localization:

             Theoretical  and  Physiological  Consequences"  by  Dwight  Wayne

             Batteau.   Ciba  Foundation Symposium on  Hearing  Mechanisms in

             Vertebrates, 1968.  pp. 234 to 239 (Edited by A.V.S. deReuck  and

             Julie Knight. Published by J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 104 Gloucester

             Place, London, W.I.)

        [3]  Proceedings of Royal Society, Biology, 1967, 158, 158-180 by

             Dwight Wayne Batteau.

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        [4]  "Molecular  Sensation"  by Dwight Wayne Batteau  and  W. M.

              Hemmes  (1966). First Semi-Annual Report for U.S. Navy Office of

              Naval Research, Contract 4863(00).   NTIS order number: AD-

              635955

        [5]  "On  The Significance of Energy Level Transitions  in  Nerve

              Function"  by  Dwight Wayne Batteau and T.  B.  Eyrick.   (1967)

              Interim Technical Report for U.S. Navy Office of Naval

              Research, Contract 4863(00).   NTIS order number: AD-670614

        [6]  "Theories  of  Sonar  Systems  and  Their  Application to

              Biological  Organisms",  D.W.Batteau  Department  of Mechanical

              Engineering,  Tufts  University, Medfoard,  Massachusetts,

              Sept. 1966.

        [7]  "The Neuro Physiology of Spcialy Oriented Behavior" edited by

              Samford  J. Freedman. 1968 Dorcy Press IL. Chapter 7 "Listening

              with the Naked Ear" by Dwight Wayne Batteau.

        [8]  "New Approach to the Analysis of Electroencephalogram", by

              S. K. Lisitsyn  Problems of Bionics (selected articles) pg  16-

              25 NTIS order number: AD-730045

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        [9]  "Analog" magazine July 1967.

        [10] "Whiz Kid, Hands Down" by William Mofser  "LIFE"  9/14/1962

              pg 69 and 72

        [11]  Research by Fernando Grandori and Antonio Pedotti of  Milan,

              Italy.  IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering: VOL BME-

              27, No 10, October 1980.)

        [12]  Phone  conversations  with  LLoyd  Mac  Gregory Trefethen,

              Professor  of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts  University

              Anderson Hall. He was instrumental in locating some of Batteau's

              research papers  (Dwight Wayne Batteau is now deceased).

             A  partial  collection  of Neurophone  related  articles is

        availible from:

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             Order: "NR: F2-FLN 'Flnagan: Neurophone'"

        Note: The information contained here in is  of  experimental

              nature, and  not  intended  for  diagnosis  or  treatment  of

              disease, or intended as a substitute for sound medical care.

       Comments:   The problem with XSI is they refuse  to  deal  in  small

                   qualities, seems they are going after the military market.

       I was able  to  locate  Patrick Flanagan to see if any one was still

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       selling the ThinkMan-50 Neurophone.   He  sent  me info on Vortexian

       Water Purification, so I took that as a no (No one currently selling

       the Neurophone).  What I've wondred is how one of these  would  work

       out for a hearing aid for the Deaf?

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            I was  fortunate  enough  to  attend a small seminar of about 5

            hours with Pat Flanagan and a  group  of about 25 others at the

            National Health  Federation  meeting  here in Dallas  somewhere

            around 1983(?).

            Pat went  into  some  detail  on the Neurophone and some of his

            other work.  The original version  put  out  a 3000 volt signal

            which was modulated by any audio signal.

            It was based on a principle called "acoustic conduction"  which

            had been an anomaly first noticed in the early days of radio.

            The effect can be demonstrated by attached a "Chore Girl" scrub

            pad to  the output of any audio amplifier system.  The positive

            lead goes to one pad, the negative  to  another.   The pads are

            then applied to the ear, the amplifier tuned to  a music source

            and cranked   up.    You   will   hear   the   music  from  the

            electrostatically driven threads of the scrub pad.

            Flanagan figured that the principle  could  be "enhanced" which

            led to  fine tuning using an oscilloscope and other  equipment.

            From these  humble beginnings came the first Neurophone using a

            vacuum tube amplifier capable of generating the audio modulated

            3000 volts.

            The next improvement came when Pat found that the human nervous

            system vibrated within a range  of 50 KHZ to 100 KHZ.  He found

            that by   transmitting   an   acoustically  modulated   carrier

            frequency which  would  match  the  current  vibrations  of the

            nervous system, the two frequencies would "tune in" leaving the

            audio frequencies.

            This system uses a 20 volt peak  to  peak  signal  and requires

            some training to be able to use the device.  Training  involves

            audibly listening  to music which is simultaneously transmitted

            via the Neurophone into the nervous system.

            As one continues, the audible  volume  is  gradually  decreased

            which "trains"  the  system to become ever more  aware  of  the

            Neurophonically driven signals.

            There have  been  strange  reports  of  experiments  using  the

            Neurophone either in groups or singly and spaced over distance.

            People have become suddenly  telepathically  linked  to  others

            operating the  Neurophone  at  the  same time.   At  one  time,

            Flanagan was  asking  for Neurophone operators to experiment in

            groups to see what the possibilities  might  be.  I never heard

            of the outcome of any of these experiments.

            Bearden mentions the possibilities of the Neurophone for

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            telepathic linking among a group of minds with the same general

            purposes (much like witchcraft).  He believes that those people

            might unknowingly awaken a great mind which he calls ZARG.

            This mind  would  be  synthesized  from the linking of the many

            smaller minds.  He also cautions  that  such an awakening might

            lead to disasters beyond our control when ZARG sees how screwed

            up everything has become from our actions.

            The Bible mentions how the linking of two or more  people  in a

            common enterprise will lead to geometrically amplified results.

            That is  the essential principle of witchcraft as well as group

            prayer in  the more socially  accepted  version.   The  stories

            relating to miracles when people pray (read  concentrate  on  a

            focussed objective) in concert are legion.

            In formal   Magick,   the  operator  uses  geometries,  intense

            concentration and words of power to generate the same result as

            witchcraft yet working on much more resolved levels of energy.

            I think the Neurophone offers  its  greatest  hope  with the 20

            volt peak to peak version.  Training of the operator  to awaken

            his innate  abilities  would  lead to the possibility of direct

            input of information to the brain  without  the filtering which

            is built in to the other methods of sensory input.

            The danger  here is the possibility of mind control  techniques

            far beyond simplified subliminals.

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