The Neurophone  

Oleh:

Flanagan, Patrick ; Flanagan, Gael-Crystal

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Suppressed Inventions & Other Discoveries, page 263-272.
Topik: True story; Neurophone; Patrick Flanagan
Fulltext: EJ SIOD 263-272.pdf (186.94KB)

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In the early 1960s, while only a teenager, Life magazine listed Patrick Flanagan as one of the top scientists in the world. Among his many inventions was a device he called the Neurophone—an electronic instrument that can successfully programme suggestions directly through contact with the skin. When he attempted to patent the device, the government demanded that he prove it worked. When he did, the NSA (National Security Agency) confiscated the Neurophone. It took [Flanagan] years of legal battle to get his invention back. When I was fifteen years old, I gave a lecture at the Houston Amateur Radio Club, during which we demonstrated the Neurophone to the audience. The next day we were contacted by a reporter from the Houston Post newspaper. He said that he had a relative who was nerve-deaf from spinal meningitis and asked if we might try the Neurophone on his relative. The test was a success. The day after that, an article on the Neurophone as a potential hearing aid for the deaf appeared and went out on the international wire services.

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