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Celebrity pain control
Hollywood comedian Jerry Lewis, now 78, has suffered from chronic back pain for years until April 2001, when he received an implant. The ‘pain pacemaker’ delivers low-voltage stimulation to his spinal cord to block the pain messages from reaching his brain, so he no longer feels pain.

Before that, he tried everything to quell his "37 years of constant pain"; analgesics, steroids and cortisone, and was addicted for 13 years to the painkiller Percodan. He was about to shoot himself when his young daughter Danielle walked in and inadvertently brought him back to his senses.

That very day, he received a trial model of a neuro-stimulation device with a hand-held control that sends electronic pulses to the affected nerves, blocking the pain message to the brain. Within days, he underwent surgery to implant electrode leads in his spine and a battery pack just under the skin near his left hip. And he has been singing the praises of the device ever since.

Jerry Lewis is living in a kind of virtual reality. His back problem still exists, but he is made to think it doesn’t.

The implant costs about $10 000 plus doctor and hospital fees, and is covered by most HMOs and other insurance plans. It is said to come with a small risk of infection, and patients with implants cannot have MRI screenings because the heat on the electrode’s metal tips could cause serious nerve damage.

Could a non-implanted, more easily controlled version do just as well? After all, the trial (pre-implant) model appeared to have been good enough to convince Jerry Lewis to accept the implant.

Intrusive Brain Reading Technology: Hacking the Mind
Center for Research on Globalization, Canada - 20 hours ago
The surveillance technology of today is the surveillance of the human mind and, through access to the brain and nervous system, the control of behaviour and ...