Psychical Research in the 21st Century

Intel scientists are currently mapping out brain activity produced when people think of particular words, by measuring activity at about 20,000 locations in the brain. The devices being used to do the mapping at the moment are expensive and bulky MRI scanners, similar to those used in hospitals, but senior researcher at Intel, Dean Pomerlau, said smaller gadgets that could be worn on the head are being developed. Once the brain activity is mapped out the computer will be able to determine what words are being thought by identifying similar brain patterns and differences between them.

SOURCE: http://www.physorg.com/news201939898.html

Unlike most professional scientific organizations, the SSE encourages debates in frontier topics of science, such as zero-point energy and psi phenomena. This odd mixture of generic topics found a congenial environment throughout the conference. Largely attended by people in two different camps, they entertained each other with all of the presentations. The conference organizer was Dr. Daniel Sheehan, Professor of Physics at the University of San Diego, whose personal research, like my own, delves beyond the traditional limits of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The conference opened with a talk by Jack Houck, a retired aerospace engineer who years ago introduced the phenomenon of psychokinesis to the world through spoon bending parties, training 18,000 Americans how to do it with an 80% success rate. See his website, www.jackhouck.com.

SOURCE: http://www.infinite-energy.com/iemagazine/issue93/SSE2010.pdf

The Institute is a non-profit organization set up by members of the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia to study “important areas of human potential neglected by contemporary science, including in particular creative, transpersonal, religious, mystical, and psychic or psi-type experiences and behaviors.” In particular, DOPS (and by extension, CCI) is the only university lab in in the world whose members investigate evidence suggestive of post-mortem survival including reincarnation cases and Near-Death Experiences.

Research Programs:

• Reincarnation
• NDE /OBE
• Deathbed Studies
• Apparitions
• Mediumship

If you are interested in participating in a study, please visit their website at: http://www.cedarcreekinst.org/

NeuroSky wants gamers to start using their brains. The start-up that specializes in technology to measure brainwaves was at the Electronic Entertainment Expo here this week showing videogame titans how they can go beyond motion-sensing controls to tap into the power of the mind.

“We can simulate ‘The Force’ in a game and you can bend things or lift things by thinking,” NeuroSky chief executive Stanley Yang said, referring to telepathic powers used by Jedi knights in “Star Wars” films and books.

SOURCE:  http://www.physorg.com/news196154766.html

One of the most well-known “rules” of quantum physics is that all quantum properties are lost due to environmental interaction. This rule, though, may not hold true in all situations. “We have discovered the first counter to this common rule,” Sabrina Maniscalco tells PhysOrg.com. Maniscalco is a researcher at the Turku Centre for Quantum Physics, University of Turku in Finland. Along with fellow researcher (and husband) Jyrki Piilo, and Ph.D. student Laura Mazzola, Maniscalco has identified evidence that some quantum correlations can remain intact.

SOURCE: http://www.neuroquantology.com/repository/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123:not-all-quantum-properties-are-lost-through-interaction-with-the-environment&catid=312:measurement-in-quantum-mechanics&Itemid=50