Posthuman Blues

A great reason to shave my head again:

Electric currents boost brain power

"A current of two thousandths of an ampere (a fraction of that needed to power a digital watch) applied for 20 minutes is enough to produce a significant improvement, according to data presented this week at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held in San Diego. And apart from an itchy sensation around the scalp electrode, subjects in the trials reported no side-effects." (Via The Anomalist.)

Well, I'm intrigued. I even have a potentially profitable product in mind: a mesh skullcap studded with 'trodes which can be controlled via an iPod-sized "brain tuner." Tune-up programs will be downloaded from the Net and set to correspond with the user's choice of music.

Itchy, irritated scalp? No problem! My line of geek-chic salves and lotions will banish epidermal discomfort in seconds.

I'm telling you -- this will be bigger than digicams.