Not exact matches
Zapping the brain with magnetic
pulses while measuring its
electrical activity is proving to be a reliable way to detect consciousness
Some fish, such as the electric ray (Torpedo nobiliana), stun their prey with huge
electrical discharges,
while others sense their surroundings with a stream of weak
pulses — sometimes more than 1000 a second.
One output of the booster is wired to the device's shell — or «grounded,» in technical speak —
while the other goes to an array of 12 fine, stainless steel needles that create a rapidly
pulsing electrical discharge.