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To give up many things. but ten years ago stephan was fitted with what's often called a brain pacemaker here in southern germany the procedure has helped him remain so active if it switched off his symptoms reappear. the brain pacemaker works by sending electrical impulses that block signals from particular parts of the brain deep brain stimulation is now being used to treat patients that early and earliest stages of the disease. it's been shown that the life quality of young patients with pacemakers in particular is significantly better than that of young patients who normally receive medicat...

You're saying the near future of what we do with our brains and the next evolution of our brains could involve some of these things. >> that's right. think of telepathy, recording memories, uploading memories, photographing a dream. we've done it. we've done it in the laboratory already. and there's so much interest in this. >> when you say we've done it, explain that. >> we have hooked up the mind, the brain, to a computer. the computer then deciphers the impulses in our brain and we can type, we can then begin to operate household appliances, laptop computers, we can send messages and we can...

A new study this week on alz suggests the disease causes as many as six times the deaths officials would indicate. a new book is suggesting future technologies could dramatically ease the burden of alzheimer's as well as possibly making you smarter by just swallowing a pill. that's the book, "the future of the mind," and the author, michio kaku, joining me now, with my congratulations you are the number one position on "the new york times" best seller list, your first number one. very good. congratulations. >> thank you. >> that's great. before the pill that will make you smarter, i want to kn...

Controlled by the mind. this is something out of "ironman" comics. the obama administration wants to help people with alzheimer's being able to record a memory and have a brain pacemaker so people with alzheimer's can push a button and have the memory put in their minds they have forgotten. this is going to revolutionize the way we view mental illness, alzheimer's and the way we can conduct our business if we can record and upload memories. >> there is a new form of entertainment, you can record smell, taste and touch as well as a full range of emotions which can be reexperienced by the audien...

Initiative, to sequence and map the entire human brain. think about it, we'll understand what is schizophrenia, bipolar. farther down is lane is having a brain pacemaker for things like alzheimer's disease. why not create memories for things that are useful for people with alzheimer's. the first memory was inserted into a mouth last year. that's how path breaking and how fast this is moving. think about this, if we have a memory on a disc inserted on it, it will live after you die. perhaps some of you will live forever, your memories, your personality, your goals, your dreams will live in a co...