Mind Power News
Issue No. 117 / Friday, December 30, 2005
© 2005 by Andreas Ohrt / www.mindpowernews.com

The Weirdest and Wildest News of 2005

If you haven't read every single issue of Mind Power News you've probably missed at least one of these amazing stories from 2005. From a machine that sees the future to plants that think to controlling slot machines with your mind to proof that blind people have a sixth sense. And don't miss the stories about remote controlled humans, time travel and hypnosis for longevity. Links to all of these and more follow below.

And if you *really* like bizarre news, head on over to CuriousTimes.com where I've gathered the very "best" of the year from my syndicated column which collects the strangest of the strange every week. Read the best, worst and ugliest of 2005 here.

Thanks for reading and here's to another mind-bending year ahead!

Cheers! <clink!>

Top Stories of 2005

CAN THIS BLACK BOX SEE INTO THE FUTURE?
Princeton University's "Global Consciousness Project" has attracted the attention of 75 of the world's most open-minded scientists. According to their data, this project senses emotional fluctuations in the "mood" of the global mind. Supposedly, their machines "sensed" the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre four hours before they happened, and appeared to forewarn of the Asian tsunami. Read more here...

2050: IMMORTALITY IS WITHIN OUR GRASP
Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers, promising immortality for all. Read more here...

HOW TO USE THE FORCE
It's hard to know what to call it. For some, words like psychic and parapsychology conjure up images of psychics, seers, and the occult - things scientists seriously studying parapsychology don't want to be associated with. Read more here...

HOW PLANTS SPEAK, SEE, DEFEND THEMSELVES, AND BATTLE FOR TURF
In their own language, plants communicate to insects, animals, other parts of their own bodies and neighboring plants. "This is plant communication... People will say talking involves voice or sound waves, but it depends on how you define talking." Read more here...

SCIENTISTS PROVE BLIND PEOPLE CAN "SEE" WITH SIXTH SENSE
The uncanny ability of blind people to "sense" unseen objects has been demonstrated for the first time in sighted volunteers whose vision was blanked out by scientists. Read more here...

HOW TO BEAT SLOT MACHINES WITH MIND POWER
If the data is correct, and the human mind *can* affect Random Number Generators, how can we use this knowledge? Randall Fitzgerald argues that we could easily control modern slot machines with this power, or at least sense when a machine is ready to give up its jackpot. Read more here...

ALARM CLOCK READS YOUR BRAINWAVES, WAKES YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY
The clock, called SleepSmart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits for you to be in your lightest phase of sleep before rousing you. Its makers say that should ensure you wake up feeling refreshed every morning. Read more here...

100-YEAR-OLD CLAIMS HYPNOSIS IS KEY TO LONGEVITY
When asked the secret to longevity, Cook doesn't hesitate. "Hypnosis," he said confidently. "I took a course 40 years ago, and it changed my life." Read more here...

SEVEN STEPS TO YOUR FIRST OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE
This technique is based on research from Robert Monroe, who pioneered out-of-body experimentation and was considered the world's leading expert in the field. Read more here...

THE BODY OF THE FUTURE: WILL WE MERGE WITH MACHINES?
Popular Science has scoured the most promising research under way in bioengineering laboratories worldwide to take an informed look at how technology will enter and alter our bodies over the coming decades. Read more here...

IS REALITY MERELY A MOVIE INSIDE YOUR HEAD?
These questions are among the most interesting being investigated by psychologists and neuroscientists. The answers will satisfy more than our curiosity--they will tell us if our experience of reality is accurate or a fiction and if my fiction is different from yours. Read more here...

JAPAN DEVELOPING REMOTE CONTROL FOR HUMANS
A special headset was placed on my cranium by my hosts during a recent demonstration at an NTT research center. It sent a very low voltage electric current from the back of my ears through my head -- either from left to right or right to left, depending on which way the joystick on a remote-control was moved. Read more here...

TIME TRAVEL FOR BEGINNERS
In recent years, we've seen people claiming to be visitors from the future, others claiming that we have evidence that time travel has happened and inevitably we now have time travel conventions where ideas about time travel can be discussed and developed. Read more here...

MINDWAR: HOW MILITARY PSYOPS PLAN TO CONTROL YOUR MIND
The "MindWar" paper was provoked by an article by Lt. Col. John Alexander, which appeared in the December 1980 edition of Military Review, advocating the introduction of ESP (extra-sensory perception), "tele-pathetic behavior modification," para-psychology, psychokinesis ("mind over matter"), remote viewing, out of body experiences, and other New Age and occult practices into U.S. military intelligence. Read more here...

MEDITATION BUILDS UP THE BRAIN
"Every single subject showed improvement,” says O’Hara. The improvement was even more dramatic after a night without sleep. But, he admits: “Why it improves performance, we do not know.” The team is now studying experienced meditators, who spend several hours each day in practice. Read more here...

Thank you,
Andreas Ohrt
editor(at)mindpowernews.com

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