Abstract
Physiological effects have been observed in a human subject in response to stimulation of the skin with weak electromagnetic fields that are pulsed with certain frequencies near 1/2 Hz or 2.4 Hz, such as to excite a sensory resonance. Many computer monitors and TV tubes, when displaying pulsed images, emit pulsed electromagnetic fields of sufficient amplitudes to cause such excitation. It is therefore possible to manipulate the nervous system of a subject by pulsing images displayed on a nearby computer monitor or TV set. For the latter, the image pulsing may be imbedded in the program material, or it may be overlaid by modulating a video stream, either as an RF signal or as a video signal. The image displayed on a computer monitor may be pulsed effectively by a simple computer program. For certain monitors, pulsed electromagnetic fields capable of exciting sensory resonances in nearby subjects may be generated even as the displayed images are pulsed with subliminal intensity.
| Inventors: | Loos; Hendricus G. (Laguna Beach, CA) |
|---|---|
| Family ID: | 25359755 |
| Appl. No.: | 09/872,528 |
| Filed: | June 1, 2001 |
| Current U.S. Class: | 600/27; 600/545 |
| Current CPC Class: | A61N 2/00 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | A61N 2/00 (20060101); A61N 002/00 (); A61B 005/04 (); A61M 021/00 () |
| Field of Search: | ;600/9-27,545 ;313/419 ;324/318 ;378/901 ;434/236 |
“The image displayed on a computer monitor may be pulsed effectively by a simple computer program.”
That can’t be good.
“For certain monitors, pulsed electromagnetic fields capable of exciting sensory resonances in nearby subjects may be generated even as the displayed images are pulsed with subliminal intensity.”
DEFINITELY not good.
Keep in mind that an invention doesn’t need to work in order to be successfully patented. A lot of garbage gets patented.
But, if you have a decent understanding of the science behind it, and the patent seems to be compatible with reality, it’s very possible it’s real.
Believe it? Or not? Your choice.
Or, you can keep staring at the rotating global earth that is at the beginning of many “questionable” information/misinformation/disinformation sites in the media and on the Internet.
Using the word “news” for these entities is too generous.
There is much good information dating back 45-50+ years that light flashing at certain frequencies can “effect” the brain.
Russian LIDA machine, Ross Adey MD, etc., etc., etc.
The major reason I trust this website is that I have personally met Henry and his family. I have donated to their cause.
And he is one of a few sites who hasn’t given in to the rotating global earth in the title, lead in, etc., with Red, White and Blue aesthetic manipulation throughout the site graphics.
CaptainObvious,
I’m not sure which website you’re referring to with the “rotating earth.” Regardless, I certainly don’t mean to imply that I don’t trust Henry or others who post on this website. If I didn’t think a lot of the material here had value, I wouldn’t bother to come here.
That’s not to say I believe that everything everyone posts here is accurate. Everyone, myself included, makes mistakes. Sometimes we raise false alarms, and other times we fail to recognize actual threats. When someone posts about a potential threat, I feel it’s best to have an open discussion regarding the actual evidence for the threat. We don’t want to dismiss real dangers, but we also don’t want to needlessly worry about non-issues.
Getting back to this particular patent, it reads like pseudoscience to me. Here are the effects claimed by the author:
*** The observed effects include ptosis of the eyelids, relaxation, drowziness, the feeling of pressure at a centered spot on the lower edge of the brow, seeing moving patterns of dark purple and greenish yellow with the eyes closed, a tonic smile, a tense feeling in the stomach, sudden loose stool, and sexual excitement, depending on the precise frequency used, and the skin area to which the field is applied. The sharp frequency dependence suggests involvement of a resonance mechanism. ***
Is there any other published, peer-reviewed scientific literature that backs up these claims? I’m aware that flashing lights can trigger epileptic seizures in some individuals, but I’ve never read anywhere that weak EM fields, modulated at 1/2 Hz, can cause CNS effects.
Even if the invention works as claimed, which I’m skeptical about, I can’t imagine what practical applications there would be.
Let’s look at an older patent by the same author. It appears to make similar claims:
*** Remote magnetic manipulation of nervous systems
Aug 10, 1999
Apparatus and method for remote manipulation of nervous systems by the magnetic dipole field of a rotating bar magnet. Reliance on modulation of spontaneous spiking patterns of sensory nerve receptors, and exploitation of a resonance mechanism of certain neural circuits, allows the use of very weak magnetic fields. This, together with the large magnetic moments that can be obtained with a permanent bar magnet, makes it possible to effectively manipulate the nervous system of a subject over a distance of several hundred meters, using a small portable battery-powered device. The method can be used in law enforcement for standoff situations. ***
http://patents.justia.com/patent/6238333
Sounds pretty scary, doesn’t it? A small, battery-powered device that the pigs could use against us from hundreds of meters away. Yet almost two decades after the above patent was written, there’s no evidence that such a device exists, even though there’s no more reason for it to be kept secret than any other nonlethal weapon.
The only situations in which I’ve ever heard of magnetic fields causing noticeable effects on a person’s body are when someone is getting an MRI in a medical clinic. Those use MASSIVE magnetic fields whose polarity can be rapidly switched, causing twitching in some patients due to nerve stimulation. But it does nothing to their brains, and it’s basically harmless.
A battery-powered, pocket-sized device is pure LOL in comparison to the magnetic fields in an MRI, yet this patent author is claiming that such a device can be weaponized, and from hundreds of meters away? That claim alone seriously damages the credibility of anything else he says.
This is nothing against Kantucky or anyone else here. It’s always good to look at these things in depth, whether the final result is a debunking or a confirmation. That can’t happen unless someone alerts us to what’s out there.