They go to the fucking lasers. They're fiber optic cables. The big machine was a device your head was strapped into, and you couldn't move or you'd disrupt the readings
See? This is what I mean by dishonest. My research took me to other groups who built this tech. If they miniaturized it, it was incremental improvement on the big advancement someone else made
No, see I kept reading. I searched the keywords and went from there. It's opm-meg, not meg... That's the big ass machine vs the silly hat
These people aren't the vanguard. They're not the ones pushing the limits of the technology... They're just another group using it
They didn't even say they were working on miniaturization. Instead they implied they invented a new technology, and added the word quantum before someone else's invention and presented it as a new technology
The broader public will never care about this either way. This is so specific that it's barely even popsci...I mean the results might be interesting, starting a study using the latest toy isn't
The more I think about it, the more dishonest it seems
That's why I pay attention to them... Because they're scarier from a distance
They're strong to the weak and weak to the strong. No one in the administration is willing to put their balls on the table and risk direct consequences
Even with the whole extra judicial killings of random fishermen... As soon as it got real and people started talking about war crimes seriously, Keggseth and TACO Belle were tripping over each other to blame a scapegoat
I think they're doing themselves a huge disservice though...I mean, my first reaction was "okay, this makes absolutely no sense", because I have a basic understanding of biology and physics
The technology stands for itself... You can image brain activity with a silly looking hat instead of strapping people into a giant machine. And it's better than the big machine in every way.
Why would you try to make it mysterious? I could explain to a child why this is cool technology in 30 seconds
Also, I don't think this team invented the opm tech or even the headset, so they basically bought a medical device, slapped the word magic on it, and pretended like it was this cool new thing they invented
This group is just researching the effects of shooting big guns on the brain. They might spend more on bullets than they did for the hat. They're using a cool, fairly new, toy that is already in use elsewhere... It feels like they're just being dishonest TBH
Does Trump really have access to nukes? I don't think there's any way an order like that would be followed, all the most evil people on his staff are cowards who moved into military bases to feel safe
I had to further read on this for a while before anyone actually explained how it works
These are only quantum in a very, very technical sense.
https://laserscientist.com/optically-pumped-magnetometers/
They're optically pumped magnometers. They shoot lasers at helium to align them and measure how they move in response to magnetic fields.
They're quantum like a polarizing lens uses quantum effects, no one serious goes around saying they're wearing quantum sunglasses
They're becoming closer and closer to it though. Scary court decisions are being made, it won't be long before someone tests it as a legal argument
Yeah, and what do they mean quantum? You could replace it with the word magic and I don't think the meaning of the article changes at all
AKA a circular reference, it just points at itself
They taste great to most Americans, the sugar is mostly in there to cover up low quality ingredients
See? Now that's reasonable. If the article was about that, it'd be respectable
But instead, it was about quantum brain imaging. It took two science enthusiasts doing adversarial research to get to what the team was actually doing, which is cancelling out the impact of Earth's magnetic field so opm-meg can be used outside
Do you still think this is good for public engagement?