Interview With An Extraordinary Scientist - Dr. Patrick Flanagan
Extraordinary people are everywhere. Some live their lives quietly,
impacting mostly those closest to them - like friends and family. And
then there are those extraordinary folk who forever change the way the
rest of us look at the world.
Its inspirational to know that unusual, gifted people arrive when
humanity most needs them. These are the creative geniuses, the
visionaries, who blaze the trail so the rest of us can follow.
Alas, the lives of these non-average folk are often strewn with
difficulties because they are so very different. Their gifts of genius -
although rewarding - can be a heavy cross to bear.
It is interesting, too, that we don't always recognize the greatness of
these people until after they die, and rarely do we realize who and what
they really are. How often does it seem that extraordinary people are
from "elsewhere" and not indigenous to this planet at all. How could
they be when they "break the mold" in every way and defy the boundaries
of human limitations set down by the less lofty majority? What makes
these people so uniquely special when they so frequently are born of
average parents in non-unique households?
The following is my interview with Dr. Patrick Flanagan: one of the most
intriguing scientists on the planet today. Although various aspects of
Flanagan's life are covered, what you will likely find of great interest
is his stunning research on amazing Hunza water, leading to the
development of clustered water - a profound source for healing and
rejuvenation.
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FROM ELSEWHERE
by Paula Peterson
Earthcode International Network
Patrick Flanagan, PhD, is a perfect example of extraordinary genius. In addition to achieving one of the highest honors - the Scientist of the Year award in 1997 - the rest of Flanagan's life reads like a fabulous fable. Except that its all true.
LIFE magazine was so smitten with this man's genius that it published a
separate special edition featuring Flanagan and his inventions. He was,
and still is, an enigma to the world, a child prodigy who astounded the
military with his atomic bomb and missile detector - a device he built
at the age of twelve!
His life makes a very good read. So much so, that I convinced him to
agree to an interview - in person. It took me weeks to find this man,
only to discover that he lives in the mountains a mere few miles from
me!
I was privileged to learn a few things about him that are not widely
known. Stick with me here, and you'll find that some of his discoveries
in the areas of health and healing - including life extension - may be
of great benefit to you. At the very least, his story will be
interesting reading.
Alien Coercion
Many of you will remember the book Pyramid Power, a run-away best
seller in the 70's, written by Patrick Flanagan, PhD. His research and
insights into the power of the pyramid generated an enduring avalanche
of pyramid-mania: from televised documentaries to strange pyramid shaped
hats - a fascination that lasted for years throughout the world and
continues to this very day.
What was it like to grow up as a genius with extraordinary gifts and
talents? What was it like to be a different kind of kid? Patrick
remarked that it was difficult. His mother used to say, “Patrick,
don't be a genius. Be normal.” But Patrick didn't know what normal was.
He was a weird kid and he knew it.
How did the inspiration for his inventions come about? It's interesting
that Patrick is not able to explain how it happens. Even though it
seems his inventions are "given" to him, he feels that he really has to
work hard for them.
When he was eight, he began having a recurring nightmare each night. It
was a menacing thing. He dreamed of being an adult pilot, flying over
the Pacific Ocean in a single engine airplane. The engine would die and
he would be forced to land on a tiny island. A UFO would come along and
land. Out of the craft emerged beings who looked like humans;
although, they were taller, extraordinarily beautiful, and had blonde
hair.
They had a device that looked like a lap top computer along with a
helmet that had shiny, silver-like electrodes all over on the inside.
This “helmet” was put on his head, and when he asked what they were
doing they said, “We’re measuring your knowledge and intelligence. If
you don't match up to our standards, we’re going to destroy you and all
the people on earth.”
Talk about pressure! If that happened to you at the age of eight, what would you do?
Consequently, Patrick began reading everything he could get his hands
on. As long as he continued to read, the nightmares would stay away.
But, if he stopped reading and began playing like the other kids, the
nightmares would start up again.
He established a habit of reading, and by the time he was fourteen he
could read 14,500 words per minute with 95% comprehension. He literally
devoured ten to twelve books a day. His interest was mainly physics,
electronics, chemistry and abnormal psychology.
He was only eleven when he invented the guided missile and atomic bomb
detector, and only twelve when he entered the device in his first
Science Fair in Houston, Texas. When Patrick won over the entire science
fair in Houston for this device, he captured the attention of the US
military.
He was in the study hall in school, when the principal spoke over the
loud speaker and said, “Will Patrick Flanagan please come to my office?
The Pentagon is on the telephone.”
In the principal’s office, a five-star general questioned Patrick about
the atom bomb and missile detector and asked if he could send a group of
people from Wright Paterson Air Force Base to look at it. Patrick said
yes, and so he did.
After he showed them his device, they took it. Later, he received a
letter stating that they had placed the device in a satellite. When he
asked them about the details, he was told that it was classified
information. Apparently, his device was now top secret - even from him -
and he never saw it again for many years.
The Neurophone
When Patrick was thirteen, he was inspired by a science fiction story
written in 1911 by Hugo Gurnsbach, founder of the large electronics and
science publishing house. The hero in the story was much like Nikola
Tesla. He found it interesting that in his story, Gurnsbach had made
startling predictions about television, radar, and intercontinental
missiles, to name a few, long before they were actually invented.
In the story, the hero had a device with two electrodes that he put on
his head, and when he went to sleep at night, the device would transmit
all the news of the world into his brain. Since Patrick had an
insatiable appetite for knowledge, he thought, Man, if I had one of
those, it could really accelerate my learning.
Six months later, he developed one and called it the Neurophone: an
ultra-sonic radio transmitter with two electrodes that goes onto your
head. Any sound played into it bypasses normal hearing and transmits
directly into the long-term memory center of the brain. Among other
uses - like amplifying thoughts for telepathic projections - the
Neurophone made it possible for severely hearing impaired people to
hear. So he decided to apply for a patent.
In the mean time, he was invited to lecture at the Houston Amateur Radio
Club with over 400 people in attendance. Afterward, a reporter for the
Houston Post newspaper approached and told him that his granddaughter
was profoundly deaf with spinal meningitis. He asked if she might be
able to hear with his device. Patrick didn't have the answer, but he
invited him to bring his granddaughter to his house - and so he did.
While the electrodes were on her head, she heard very clearly with it.
She became very excited and started bouncing to the rhythms of the
music.
The reporter was so impressed that he wrote an article about it and put
it on the Associated Press wire service. The next day, Patrick was on
the front page of over 300 major newspapers throughout the United
States.
As a result, all kinds of offers began pouring in. He received over a
million letters. He and his mother did the best they could in handling
the correspondence. Pretty overwhelming for a thirteen year old!
Shortly afterward, LIFE Magazine interviewed him and published a special
edition featuring his work. He then received invitations to be a
featured guest on numerous television and radio shows to demonstrate his
device.
Being a child prodigy and a genius wasn't the only thing unusual about
Patrick. Since his school didn't have a gymnastics program, he became
self-trained, and ended up wining the gymnastic championship of the
southern United States by being able to perform an astounding feat with
his body that no one else could do. A physiologist figured out that it
took about 10,000 pounds of force to lift himself off the ground in the
way that he did.
While still in his teens, he was offered the Gold Plate Award for the
Neurophone, which was quite a prestigious honor back then. At the
awards banquet, Patrick found myself among very powerful people, one of
whom was Admiral Red Rayburn, who at the time was director in charge of
the CIA. It was at this time that Rayburn and Patrick began their
friendship.
Rayburn soon offered Patrick a college scholarship to any university in
the world, in addition to a thirty-thousand dollar per year allowance,
with the stipulation that upon graduating, Patrick would come to work
for the CIA for five years. That was too much to conceive of for a
teenager back then, so he turned down the offer - of which he is now
glad that he did.
When Patrick tried to patent the Neurophone, the patent office would not
grant the patent because they didn't believe it could work. Normally,
patents come out in about two years after being filed. It took about
nine years before they would grant the patent because they said there
was no prior state of the art on this kind of thing. (How could there be
a prior state of the art? Isn't an invention a new design?
Hmmmmmm......)
So they closed the files and refused to give him a patent. By then,
Patrick was in his early twenties. He and his patent lawyer flew to the
patent office with the model of the device. The examiner who had closed
the file wanted to test it, so he brought in a patent office employee -
a man who had been deaf for 15 years. The examiner said that if this
man can hear with the Neurophone, he would grant the patent.
The deaf man loved opera, so once they placed the electrodes on his
head, they played a recording of one of the world’s greatest opera
singers. The man heard with it and he cried. The patent examiner began
crying, and then they all cried.
They reopened the files, which has never been done - before or since -
in the history of the patent office, and finally issued his patent for
the Neurophone.
Day of the Dolphin
Patrick then joined forces with Dr. Wayne Bateau, who was doing US Navy
research on dolphin communication. Their research company was called
Listening Incorporated. They contracted with a secret facility at China
Lake proving grounds in California and the testing area was set up in a
lagoon off one of the Hawaiian Islands.
Since dolphins can't vocalize, Patrick and Wayne built an electronic
device that translated human speech into complex ultra-sonic dolphin
whistles. When the dolphins duplicated these whistles it would be
translated back into human speech. Over a period of time, they developed
a 30-word vocabulary with the dolphins.
Every ship building company in the world has their own special steel
formula: the Russians have theirs, the Germans, the Japanese, and so
forth. Because of the dolphin’s extraordinary abilities with sound,
Patrick and Wayne successfully trained dolphins to recognize the
different metallic alloys of ships and submarines using their sonar. The
dolphins were then used to patrol the harbor at Viet Nam. The dolphins
used their sonar to ping any ship that came in and would then hit a
special board constructed by the research team. This told them where
the ship came from. This of course, meant that the training and
interactions with the dolphins had military applications.
Interactions with the dolphins were developing further when Wayne Bateau
- who was younger than Patrick at the time - died of a heart-attack.
He drowned while swimming in only three feet of water. There is still
doubt as to whether it really was an accident, for apparently, their
research and training with the dolphins was quite threatening to certain
military powers.
After Wayne died, Patrick and those who were still working on the
project wanted to continue, but the government cancelled it. They took
all of their research files and locked them under secrecy for 50 years.
Much of that research has never been published since it's still a government secret. However, in the movie, Day of the Dolphin,
the idea for the story was actually taken from Patrick's and Wayne's
research. Patrick remarked that in the movie it is mistakenly portrayed
that dolphins wore explosives and purposely killed themselves by
ramming into ships. That has never happened because it takes millions of
dollars to train a dolphin in the first place.
Now, we enter into an area of Patrick's life where his research and
discoveries become particularly valuable to all of us, especially in the
field of health and longevity. This is so cool.
The Fountain of Youth
Patrick meets Dr. Coanda at Stanford University in Connecticut while he
was still young. Dr. Coanda, an amazing man himself, is written about
in Encyclopedia Britannica as the man who built the first jet airplane
in 1911. He is also known as the father of fluid dynamics with over 500
patents on fluid amplifiers.
Coanda was in remarkable health and lived to be one-hundred and one. At
his 80th birthday party, Patrick meets him for the first time and from
then on they become friends. Dr. Coanda takes Patrick under his wing
and shares with him important research and discoveries.
He tells Patrick that the legend of the Fountain of Youth is true and
that there is scientific fact to back it up. There are five places on
earth where people are in extremely good health and live to be over 100
years old: a place in Hunza land, a place in Ecuador, another place in
Peru, the county of Georgia in Russia, and a place in Mongolia.
Although, the diets are healthy, the kinds of foods they eat are all
different. Yet, the one thing they all have in common is the water.
Most of us learn in school that water is the same everywhere in the
world: it freezes at zero degrees Celsius, boils at 100 degrees Celsius,
and has a certain viscosity and surface tension. However, those are
the average qualities of water.
Dr. Coanda said that water is different everywhere in the world. He
could analyze water and predict the average life span of the people who
lived in that area; just from the water they drank.
When he went to Hunza land at the turn of the century, he had to hike
three months through jungles, climb mountain peaks, and cross rope
bridges in order to get there. He found that the water came from
glaciers that are millions of years old.
There were certain characteristics of Hunza water he tried his whole
life to duplicate and never succeeded. He said, “You, Patrick, will
invent a machine which will create this kind of water anywhere in the
world. You will save many, many lives.” He then turned the research
over to Patrick who continued with it for many years.
So what is it about the water from Hunza land that makes it so special?
Is it the mineral content? Dr. Coanda had no idea what it was. He
thought that it could have been the cold temperatures or the altitude.
Hunza land is a valley at 8000 feet elevation surrounded by some of the
tallest mountains in the world. These mountains have ice blue glaciers
and this is where the water comes from.
The Secret of Health and Longevity
The Hunza people claimed that their secret of health and longevity came
from drinking the glacier waters filled with all these silt minerals.
They did have one well in the area with clear water but none of the
residents would drink from it. They saved that water for the tourists.
So, Patrick started his own research into water. He discovered that
when putting rubies, quartz crystals, and other gem stones in water and
letting it sit overnight that it changed the structure of the water and
lowered the surface tension.
What is surface tension? According to Patrick, it has to do with the
webbing angel of water. If you put a drop of water on a piece of
paraffin and look at it from the side, that drop of water will form a
nearly perfect sphere because it cannot penetrate the paraffin. But if
you put a drop of water on quartz crystal it penetrates it 100% and the
drop goes flat.
It is well known in food science that every food and substance has a
certain webbing angle of water. If it is above a certain angle it
cannot wet the food. As an example, it’s difficult to mash potatoes
with cold water as they will only clump up. Boiling the water causes
the surface tension to go way down, which makes it much easier to mash
the potatoes.
Ordinary water has a high surface tension and Hunza water has a lower
surface tension, different viscosity, and a slightly different freezing
and boiling point. Simply put, this means that Hunza water is wetter
and therefore, it penetrates more easily.
So why is this important for the human body? The cells in our body have
to be fully wetted with water in order to exchange nutrients: first of
all, to get rid of toxins generated by their own metabolism and
secondly, to absorb nutrients. If the cells are not wetted the
nutrients cannot penetrate the surface of the cell. Since the cells are
covered with protein lipid membranes, which are fatty acids, and since
oil and water do not mix, its important that the surface tension of
water be low enough to allow penetration.
Further more, Patrick found that the minerals in Hunza water are
colloidal. What exactly does "colloidal" mean? Colloidal means that it
is suspended but not dissolved. A cloud, by the way, is a colloidal
suspension of water droplets. In that case the suspension medium is air
and water. When the suspension medium is water, the minerals must be
small enough and carry a strong enough electrical charge so that they
don't coagulate and repel each other.
Basically, colloidal minerals are more bio-available. In fact, it’s
what the body needs and uses since it has to work really hard to
separate the minerals. For example, if you take magnesium chloride in
order to get the magnesium, your body has to separate the chloride from
the magnesium before it can use the magnesium.
Colloid minerals also have a negative electrical charge, which is very
important. The higher the negative charge the more they will suspend in
water without dropping out. So they have to be tiny and have a strong
charge.
Consequently, Patrick realized that the secret of Hunza water was in the
tiny colloidal minerals. After analysis, he found that these minerals
were mostly silica - the same kind of silica that is found in quartz
crystals. Silica is an essential mineral for the human body that helps
to produce collagen, the matrix that holds our skin together.
Quartz crystal is silica in a crystal form and is different from
amorphous silica which is totally non-crystalline. There are actually
stages in between these states that no one knew about until recently.
The same holds true for carbon: there is soft amorphous carbon and then
there are diamonds.
Overall, Patrick had worked for nearly 30 years trying to figure out how
to make Hunza water. Along the way, he had become famous for Pyramid
Power, and was a featured speaker all over the world, with television
specials and a movie made about him, called Outer Space Connections.
Revolutionary Discoveries
In due course, he and his wife went through a hermit stage and withdrew
from the public eye. They moved to Sedona, Arizona and bought a house on
forty acres of land completely surrounded by trees which was 15 miles
up a dirt road with no name. It was there that they isolated themselves
for 14 years. It was during those years in isolation, along with
practicing specific spiritual disciplines, that Patrick made some of his
most revolutionary discoveries.
Crystal Energy was his first concentrated colloidal solution which when
added to water, restructures it. He and his wife went on a six-month
fast on water and juices supplemented with Crystal Energy. By the end of
the fast, he had lost 45 pounds and his wife lost about 25 pounds.
Friends were astounded and amazed at how much younger they looked - like
teenagers.
I have to comment here that Patrick does, indeed, look very healthy and
far younger than his age of 58. He is certain that his youthful
appearance is from using his technology and from the water he later
developed using micro-clusters silica which he calls Silica-Hydride.
In subsequent research, Patrick and his research team took hundreds of
people off the streets to do dark field microscope studies of their
blood. It was found that most people’s blood looked like sewers: the
cells were all clumped together with free-radical damage, and sometimes,
little parasites were seen swimming around.
After taking the silica-hydride product, their blood cells would become
beautiful and discreet again, the parasites would disappear and all the
damage from free-radicals would be gone - all within 15 minutes of
taking only two capsules. Amazing!
Clinical research has found that most people are dehydrated much of the
time, although, no one knows why our sense of thirst seems to disappear
as we get older. When we’re babies, we know immediately when we need
water and we cry for it. And yet, as we get older, we can become
severely dehydrated and not even know it. It’s a condition in modern
people that eventually leads to plaque on arteries, heart attacks and
nutritional deficiencies caused from a build up of toxins that the body
cannot eliminate.
To make matters worse, the surface tension of the bodily fluids goes up
as we age and no one knows why. Dehydration is one of the major
indicators of the aging process. On top of that, in today’s world,
various factors like electro-magnetic pollution, unhealthy diets, and in
particular, poor water, destroys the electrical charge of blood cells.
Studies show that Silica Hydride is the greatest hydrating agent ever
discovered. In Patrick's research studies, people were given Silica
Hydride and in four weeks the average person on the study reversed age -
as far as hydration is concerned - by five years.
So why is it that we have to re-structure water in this fashion? It
doesn't seem natural. There must have been a time when healthier,
life-giving water was more available on the earth. Patrick agrees and
remarks that there are many theories about that.
The Firmament
The Bible it tells of a time when people lived to be hundreds of years
old and some biblical scholars say that there was a constant light
everywhere - everything was lit up. There are scientists who believe
that the earth was once surrounded by ice crystals high up in the
stratosphere. The ice crystals refracted sunlight and blocked cosmic
rays which are damaging to our DNA. Cosmic rays are passing through us
all the time now.
“The firmament” that is mentioned in the Book of Genesis alludes to this hypothesis of an atmosphere made of water.
Patrick says that the Great Flood of Noah’s time - which is recorded in
many ancient texts throughout the world - was caused by the ice crystals
coagulating, as colloids tend to do. And so it rained for forty days
and forty nights which flooded the entire earth. Prior to the flood, it
may have rained occasionally from the firmament making healthy water
much more available in those days.
There are theories, too, that say humans once ate only the flowers,
leaves and fruits, and that something of a catastrophic nature happened
which destroyed nearly all living things. The surviving humans became
nomadic since much of the earth was then uninhabitable with less
available food. This is when humans began to eat the animals.
Patrick agrees with the theories that humans did not eat meat prior to
the Great Flood, which is another reason for why human’s had longer life
spans. In certain areas above and below the equator where our
ancestors originally came from, they lived in jungles where they simply
reached out and picked their food. Since their food was so abundant,
they played for the most part and didn't have to work for it.
When earth’s climate began to change and the rain forests started drying
up, fruit became less available. So, humans began scavenging for food
outside the forests. Not only that, the earth’s axis was once straight
up and down, which caused spring to pervade all year long all over the
planet.
Recent Discoveries
There is more exciting research brewing in Patrick's laboratory and he
noticeably brightens as he talks about his latest discovery of yet
another component of Hunza water that he didn't know about.
He found that it had hydride ions which are hydrogen atoms with a
negative charge plus an extra electron. A hydrogen atom normally has
only one proton and one electron, but it can actually take on and carry
an extra electron. That extra electron can actually neutralize free
radicals and participate in all the thousands of chemical reactions in
the body that requires extra electrons.
By using a laser and other techniques, Patrick discovered that these
hydride ions (H-minus ions) are in Hunza water and also in the juices of
all fresh raw, living fruits and vegetables. He stated emphatically
that we should all eat raw food - period - and no cooked food.
"Hurrah!" I exclaimed, and threw up my arms, startling Patrick just a
bit. Being a health educator for several years, I was thrilled to hear
him say this. I have emphatically encouraged others to eat raw, living
foods as much as possible for greater health.
When food is processed, dried or cooked, the first thing that leaves the
food are these important H-minus ions. The enzymes are destroyed, too,
because the enzymes can't function without them. That’s why the
enzymes stop functioning and die from heating. Patrick think it’s the
most important nutrient. Unfortunately, it’s also the one that
disappears the fastest. Most people are very deficient in it. Patrick
and I both know many people who were dying of cancer who went on a raw
food, raw juice only diet and cured themselves because they were giving
their body all the right nutrients. Freshly made raw juices are the
most abundant in these extra electrons.
When Patrick discovered the H-minus ion and figured out a way to
impregnate water with them, he started drinking it. It gave him a lot
of energy and he felt good, too. He eventually developed a very stable
form of micro-clustered water with H-minus ions.
Those who took his special water reported miracles. One woman reported
restoration of her nerve-damaged arm after she had no feeling in it for
15 years. Diabetics have reported the return of feelings in their legs
after having lost it for 20 years.
The remarkable thing about al of this is that it has been such a win-win
situation. Patrick's discoveries have done great things for so many
people.
What a guy. I carefully asked, "Have you ever felt that you're really from elsewhere?"
Patrick paused thoughtfully, looked at me intensely, then nodded in silence with a hint of a cosmic twinkle in his eye.
©by Paula Peterson 2003
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* * Dr. Patrick Flanagan, M.D., PhD., possesses unique scientific
abilities and insights. For decades he has reorganized key concepts from
a variety of applied sciences to solve unsolvable problems. He is the
ultimate futurist with deep encyclopedic knowledge of the applied
sciences. His first book in 1973 on the scientific method applied to
sacred geometry, “Pyramid Power” sold more than 1.5 million copies in
hardbound.
A prolific inventor, Dr. Flanagan is credited with over 300 inventions
and was named 1997 Scientist of the Year by the International
Association for New Science. He also holds a patent pending on his
process of manufacturing a delivery system for the most powerful
antioxidant known to man, Mega-Hydrate. Dr. Flanagan holds advanced
degrees in nanotechnology, chemistry, bio-sciences and medicine. He
currently lives in Arizona with his wife Stephanie.
To find out more about the latest research of Dr. Patrick Flanagan, micro-clustered water, Mega-hydrate and the fascinating Neurophone please click on Phi-Sciences below.
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Scientist and Inventor
G. PATRICK FLANAGAN
Neurophone
G. Harry StineAnalog Magazine (Feb
1980):
"Bio Cybernetics Revisited"
G. H. Stine: Analog Magazine (July
1979):
"Bio Cybernetics II"
Sheldon C. Deal: Meridian Balancing by Use of the
Neurophone
G. Patrick Flanagan: "Operation of the
Neurophone
on the Nervous System"
G. P. Flanagan: The Neurophone Mark XI Manual
(1979)
G. P. Flanagan: "History of the Neurowave
Signal
Development"
William Moeser: Life Magazine (14
September
1962) ~ "Whiz Kid, Hands Down"
The Neurophone Model 50 ~ The Thinkman
Anonymous: "The Pacinian Corpuscle"
Anon.: "Neurophone Breakthrough"
T.E. Bearden: Excalibur Briefing (Excerpt)
G. P. Flanagan: Pyramid Power (Excerpt,
Chapter 3)
Eddy Taylor: "Patrick Flanagan's Neurophone ---
Hope for the Deaf and Superlearning for All"
G. P. Flanagan: US Patent # 3,393,279 ~ "Nervous
System Excitation Device"
G.P. Flanagan: US Patent # 3,647,970 ~ "Method
&
Apparatus for Simplifying Speech Waveforms"
Tools for Wellness Ad
Neurophone.com Ad
Rick Andersen: "Another Look at the Neurophone"
Analog Magazine (Feb 1980) ~
Bio Cybernetics Revisited
by
G. Harry Stine
When Jerry Pournelli and I started to write these columns as a
vis-a-vis
experiment, we hoped that sooner or later one of us would write
something
that the other could tee off on and thus get a good controversy going
that
would present "alternate views." It hasent worked out that way because
Jerry and I have discovered that we think very much alike on most
matters.
We have not been able to stir up controversy between one another. But
we
did stir up controversy among the readers.
When I wrote the columns on biocybernetics in the May and July
1979
issues, my objective was more or less than science reporting with some
synthesis included. I wanted to point out that a true interface between
human brains and electronic computers was not only possible but that
the
basic experiments have been done and the foundation technologies
already
existed, albeit in the case of the Flanagan neurophone the data had
been
generally unknown for 16 years. I reported on the basis of what I knew
at that time. I requested that no one write for additional data because
I didnt have any additional data at that time. I do now.
These two columns have resulted in an inordinate amount of mail
from
readers which makes the editor happy because he knows people are
reading
this. Some of the letters were anticipated, some were not. Some were
from
people who were deaf and wanted the Flanagan neurophone at any price.
Others
wanted the neurophone to use in attempts to contact loved family
members
in a coma. There were the usual letters from Ph.Ds who should know
better
than to make some of the statements they did. And I got letters with
real
up to date information...
You may obtain copies of his two neurophone patents by writing to
the
U.S. Patent Office and ordering Patent No. 3,393,279 granted July 16,
1968
and Patent No. 3,647,970 granted March 7, 1972.
The rights to Patent No. 3,393,279 are owned by Intelectron, Inc.
of
New York City. The FDA will not permit it to be marketed because it
uses
a low frequency r-f carrier, and they are very sensitive these days
about
the biological effects of r-f raditation.
But Pat Flanagan is an inventor. With his original patent rights
in
the hands of another company and with an FDA ban on its production,
Flanagan
developed the second neurophone device covered by Patent No. 3,647,970
which does not use an r-f carrier and does not involve high voltages.
At
the behest of the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce
placed
Flanagan's new device under secrecy order No. 756,124 dated August 28,
1968. Flanagan was able to get this secrecy order rescinded in 1972 to
permit the patent to be issued.
I sat in Flanagan's study and listened to the new neurophone on
July
26, 1979. It works even better than the original one. It operates from
eight Type AA alkaline penlight cells. The audio signal is double
differentiated
and converted to a 60 volt square wave which is then run through a zero
crossing detector. The sensor electrodes are one inch diameter plates
made
from lead zirconium titanate insulated on one side with epoxy that also
seals the attachment of the lead from the neurophone.
With one electrode placed on the soft skin of my calf and the
other
on my chest, I heard the audio information from the tape recorder input
in my head. I listened to both speech and music, and the fidelity was
outstanding.
I had a cassette tape recorder running two feet from me while this was
going on; there is no evidence of the audio information recorded on the
cassette by the recorder; I was the only entity hearing the neurophone,
and it was therefore not producing and sound waves that the microphone
of the recorder could pick up.
As I knew 17 years ago, the Flanagan neurophone works. I dont give
a
doodly damn what all you bloody experts out there have presumptuously
stated
in your outraged fan letters to me. I am forced to repeat the immortal
words of Dr. J. C. Warren voiced after performing the first surgery
with
a patient under ether anesthetic administrated by Dr. William Thomas
Green
Morton in Boston on October 16, 1846:
"Gentlemen, this is no humbug!"
For the benefit of all you who wrote me, I gave your letters to
Flanagan.
There is no need for me to be in the loop. There is no need for
Flanagan
to defend himself nor does he need help in doing so; he has a device
that
works. In the eyes of some sober, respected academicians, Flanagan is
perhaps
flamboyant and different, but that must not be allowed to detract from
the fact that he is a successful inventor and, in common with many
others
of his unconventional and freewheeling nature in the history of science
and technology, working on the fringes of scientific research in areas
that others can't or won't touch.
The most fascinating aspect of this whole affair has been the
confirmation
and terrible realization that the human race apparently has not
progressed
beyond the state of affairs a century ago when "legitimate" scientist
dug
in to defend their sacred turf....and made damned fools of themselves
in
the process. They also retarded the development of technology that
would
have relieved human suffering and generally improved the human
condition.
These scientific brahmins still exist; they are no different from the
predecessors
of a hundred years ago; and they exhibit an appalling lack of knowledge
and understanding of the history of their own field of expertise!
Arthur C. Clarke's law is still very much in force.
Jerry Pournelle was 100% correct in his June 1979 "The Alternate
View."
I would like to extend my profound thanks and grateful
appreciation
to those scientific brahmnis who wrote to me and to the editor about
the
neurophone and the human computer interface. You have greatly
contributed
to the contents of my "Utter Bilge" file. This is my collection of
presumptuous
statements from people who should know better than to make such
statements
in the first place. The file title derived from in infamous statement
of
Sir Richard Van Der Riet Wolley: "Space travel is utter bilge!"
Scientific research and technical progress is not and has never
has
been the exclusive turf of any select group of people. There has always
been a role for the amateur investigator, and still exists today.
Before
the "official" establishment of any new area of scientific endeavor,
everyone
who works in that area must, by definition, be an amateur. Even in the
established fields of scientific endeavor, important discoveries have
been
made by amateur investigators. Good scientists and I have the pleasure
of knowing many would never reject out of hand any amateur findings and
will react with enthusiasm and interest to such findings. It is only
poor
scientists who are insecure that will react negatively. Would there
were
more good scientists!
Bioelectronics today is about the same situation as electricity
about
a century ago. The field is ripe for experimentation. Certainly there
is
danger; there always is. But that is no reason for suppressing
information,
as one PhD. correspondent demanded be done, for fear of someone
electrocuting
himself by building a neurophone in his basement shop. People still get
hurt in steam boiler explosions. As a matter of fact, people still get
burned handling the ancient technology of a campfire. These accidents
merely
strengthen the statement of Herbert George Wells, "History is a race
between
education and catastrophe," but down on the personal level.
To paraphrase Harold Laski, science by experts means, after a
time,
science in the interest of experts.....
Analog Magazine (July 1979) ~
Bio Cybernetics II
by
G. Harry Stine
Last time around, two issues ago, I reported on the process made
by
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) concerning computer
recognition
of human EEG patterns. I stated that this was a major breakthrough in
the
development of the true intelligence amplifier wherein the human
nervous
system was linked directly with the electronic circuitry of a large
general
purpose computer. Soon, the crystalline circuitry of the computer will
be able to "understand" the colloidal circuitry of the human nervous
system
by direct linkage through electromagnetic fields.
And I left you hanging by your fingernails on a figurative cliff
overhanging
an ammonia sea swarming with methane monsters, so to speak.
I stated that seventeen years ago the breakthrough had been made
that
would permit the colloidal circuitry of the nervous system to
"understand"
the crystalline circuitry of the electronic computer. In other words,
if
the computer signal was in the proper form, the human nervous system
could
pick up and decipher the electronic computer signal through an
electromagnetic
field.
In early 1962, I was working as assistant director of research for
the
Huyck Corporation in Milford, Connecticut. Dr. William O. Davis was the
director of research, and he had been charged by the company to look
for
new products to insure that Huyck would be in business twenty five
years
hence. There were no caveats placed on us at that time. We could look
at
or for anything....and we did. Then as now I have all sorts of
pipelines
into the back rooms of various research and development organizations
here
and abroad; a science fact or science fiction writer really cant
function
properly without these contacts. My most valuable Little Black Spy was
the former editor of this magazine. John W. Campbell, who in turn had
an
incredible network of Little Black Spies.
Campbell told me of an 18 year old boy in Texas who had invented a
spectacular
new hearing aid. I made a telephone call, talked to the boy, and was on
a plane to Houston within days.
G. Patrick Flanagan of Ballaire Texas was a boy genius. In
addition
to being an outstanding gymnast and a pilot, this high school graduate
had stumbled upon a technique of introducing audio information directly
into the human nervous system without loudspeakers or earphones, and
without
direct electrical connection between his gadget and the nervous system.
On July 24, 1962 in Bellaire, Texas in Flanagan's shop in the
attic
of his parents home, I personally witnessed proof-of-principle
demonstration
of a direct linkage between a crystalline electronic circuit and the
colloidal
system of the human nervous system.
The device called the "neurophone" by Flanagan, was a very simple
gadget.
It used those ancient devices known as vacuum tubes. It used a 6L6G
tube
running as a 35 Kilohertz oscillator; the output of the oscillator was
amplitude-modulated by the output of ant single channel hi-fi system
through
suitable impedance matching transformers, etc. This amplitude modulated
35 kilohertz signal then went through a cheapie stepup transformer so
that
the output was very high voltage (about 4 kilovolts, as I remember) but
at very high impedance. Flanagan fed this signal through a length of
ordinary
TV antenna twin lead to a pair of rubber pads about six inches in
diameter
that he had filched from a "relaxicisor" muscle relaxing device. Each
pad
consisted of a 1/16 inch thick rubber sheet, a piece of copper window
screen
to which was soldered one of the wires of the twin lead, and the rubber
covering of the relaxicisor pad. The rubber insulation kept one from
getting
zapped, although the shock wasnt painful....just annoying.
Put a signal into the neurophone input, peak the frequency, peak
the
modulation to 100%, and then hold the two pads to your
body....anywhere.
And you heard music playing in your head!
Although the pads worked better and you got a louder signal with
the
pads on your bare skin, it would work through a layer of clothing.
And it worked regardless of where you put the two pads! You could
put
one on your shoulder and the other on the sole of your foot...and you
would
still hear whatever program material was being played into the
neurophone
form the hi-fi system.
I can freely describe this today because (a) I dont think
Flanagan's
patent application ever got accepted and I dont believe the patent ever
issued. (b) Huyck Corporation is off doing its classic thing of making
paper machine parts and isnt interested in the slightest, and (c) I
think
the time is just about right to get going on this little gadget again.
Flanagan had succeeded where others had failed. Dr Henry Puharich
had
succeeded in developing a similar device, but the pads were one inch
copper
plates that had to be rubbed along the skin to achieve the "fricative
effect"
to permit Puharich's gadget to work.
In a series of long and complex experiments conducted under my
supervision
at Huyck and by Dr Wayne Batteau at Tuffs, it was conclusively shown
that
the neurophone effect not the result of (a) the pads acting as
electrostatic
loudspeakers, (b) the pads exciting bone conduction of the sound, or
(c)
the pads activating the eighth cranial nerve. Although I tried the
neurophone
an a nerve deaf medical doctor at Columbia University in 1965, I kept
the
experiment running for only about ten minutes. Dr Wayne Batteau tried
it
at Tufts and succeed because the brain of his nerve deaf subject had
"forgotten
how to hear" and needed something over an hour of application of the
neurophone
signal in order to begin to hear in his brain again! We know now that
the
Flanagan neurophone operated by direct linkage of the electronic
circuitry
with the nervous system through electromagnetic fields. We know now
that
the nervous system will pick up any signal and send it to the brain
where
the brain recognizes the signal according to the sensory data it
represents,
then switches the signal to the proper sector of the brain responsible
for processing such signals. But we dont know how Flanagan accidentally
happened to crack the neural code for audio data.
I can assure you that the Flanagan neurophone is no hoax. Many
responsible
people experienced it. Just before his death, Dr William O. Davis gave
me one of the neurophones we had built at Huyck; I still have it, but a
two hour search through my uncatalogued archives of scientific
memorabilia
and trivia failed to locate it this morning. Im going to dig it out and
try it again for fun. And because it does represent a breakthrough that
will permit electronic computers to communicate directly to our nervous
systems...by putting on a beanie, and not plugging a cable into a
socket
implanted on the top of our heads!
The DARPA work with computers deciphering human EEG signals, plus
the
Flanagan neurophone capable of permitting a computer to communicate
directly
with a human, both make inevitable the final computer; the use of the
computer
as a extension to the human brain as an intelligence amplifier for the
human being.
Now, what happened with the Flanagan neurophone, and why havent
you
heard more about it? I am not sure that it is because of the reaction
of
Big Science as discussed by Jerry Pournelle last month. There were
several
factors involved.
First of all, it didnt look like Huyck could get a patent
position,
so they wanted out. They also discovered that the Huyck Corporate
Research
Laboratories were producing more inventions, patents, and potential new
products than the company could possibly absorb. Huyck also got into
production
trouble with several products that have come along before Corporate
Research
entered the picture. So Huyck dropped the entire corporate research
program,
writing off about 2.5 million spent over a five year period. They also
convinced themselves that they could not afford to develop the
marketing
know-how for any of the new products we were coming up with. They
succumbed,
as have so many other small companies, to the "Harvard Business School
Syndrome": Dont develop new technology and products yourself, but wait
until somebody else does and then buy the whole schmear, product,
production,
and marketing know-how in a big package. My employment agreement was
written
in a way that I wasnt sure what I could talk about....then.
Dr. Wayne Batteau suffered a fatal heart attack in Hawaii while
diving
with dolphins. He had also done considerable work in that area.
I dont know where Flanagan is. He worked for NASA in Houston for a
time
in computer programming. The last I knew, he was somewhere in
California
as one of the top experts pyramidology. I suspect I will hear from him
as a result of this, and Ill welcome it.
Big Science did not kill the neurophone. It was complacent, and it
really
didnt know anything about the device. Academia was not really
consulted.
The neurophone has been dormant for fourteen years now because of the
failure
of nerve and imagination in the sales and marketing department.
But, now, there appears to be a need for the neurophone to take
the
final step toward direct communication between ourselves and our
crystalline
symbiotes/servants, the electronic computers.
Yes, I am still interested in this area. I am interested in
anything
and everything. But do not-repeat, repeat do not write to me or
telephone
me and ask for free information. I am a writer and a consultant, and my
business is information...and the only thing of real value that you or
I have in this world is time. I didnt write this soliciting business; I
wrote it to report to you that the intelligence amplifier is just
around
the corner and awaiting you bright people out there to put it together
right so that humans stay in control of intelligence amplifiers.
Now, what can we do in the future to integrate the creative
process
of "invention" more fully into the process of research, development,
production,
and marketing? Hang in there......
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Meridian Balancing by Use of the Neurophone
Sheldon C. Deal, D.C., N.D.
Abstract ~
A series of experements were done by muscle testing paitents for
meridian
imbalences and then strengthing the muscle indicators, indicating
balanced
meridians, by running a time-domain amplifies signal through the
patient's
skin.
The skin is embryonically the source of all special senses. Our
skin
contains more sensors for heat, touch, pain, etc., than any other part
of the human anatomy. The human ear evolves embryonically out of the
convolutions
of the skin of an embryo in the mothers uterus. Basically, the skin is
the oldest evolutonary nervous system sensor. Another way to look at
this,
is the special sense of tough has progressively extended over the
entire
body by way of skin and evolutionary wise our other special senses
should
follow suit and extend over our entire body in time. The skin then,
since
it is the precursor of the ears, should also be capable of hearing, or
to put it another way, it should beable to transmit the sense of
hearing
to the brain by means other than the 8th Crainial Nerve.
The skin is both piezo-electric and opto-electric, that is, when
the
skin is stimulated by an electric or photon field, it vibrates. If it
is
mechanically stimulated, it will generate its own electric and photon
field.
In Russia, blind people have been trained to "see" with their
fingertips
and in Czechoslavakia, deaf people have been trained to "hear" with
their
fingertips.
For the purpose of our experement, we used a Neurophone, a device
developed
by Dr Pat Flanagan, author of the book, Pyramid Power. The
device
uses hyperspacial nested modulation technology. Briefly the device
takes
a complex signal such as the sound of an orchestra and electriclly
processes
it. First, the signal is passed into a section which clips everything
into
a series of square waves, remarkably analogous to the sort of clipped
waves
Lisitsyn confirms are the carriers of the human brain waves. Next, the
square waves are differentiated, since these are finite spikes with
real
non-zero rise times and decay times rather than theoretical constructs,
a series of noisy spikes results the second differentiator section.
From
here, the noisy spikes are introduced to special contact electrodes
which
are placed on the skin. The electrodes are fabricated of zirconium
titanate
imbedded in acrylic plastic tiles to provide maximum impedance match to
the skin itself.
In experements done at Tufts University near Boston by Dr Dwight
Batteau
in Man-Dolphin communications and assisted by Dr Flanagan, it was
established
that the nervous system uses time ratios as major sources of
intelligent
information. It was found that speech intelligibility was contained in
time dominant ratios of the speech waveform. Speech quality was found
to
be contained in dominant frequency ratios. So the nervous system is
designed
to recognise two distinct paramaters: the time domain and the frequency
domain.
Baised partially upon work done at Tufts University, it is known
that
the human voice does not depend upon frequencies. People who have had
their
larynix removed can use an "artificial larynix", a buzz generator held
against the side of the throat. Word information is formed by the
action
of the jaw, tongue, teeth, glottis, and the nasal cavaties. The human
nose
and mouth form a variable time dely generator. Thus, the basic audio
information
our brains evolved to decipher, the human voice, is dependent not upon
frequency but upon the time rate of change nature of sound caused by
time
delays imposed by the mouth and nasal passages.
The Neurophone makes use of these research results by suppressing
the
frequency domain and amplifying the time domain of the incomming
signal.
This is one reason why the Neurophone sounds so scratchy when one first
begins to listen to it. The electronic circuitry of the Neurophone
presents
audio information to the skin in the way the skin originally evolved to
recieve and decode the information eons ago. Thus the Neurphone
directly
inputs information into the brain and nervous system, and even the
mind,
bypassing all the normal sensory systems that lie between the
mind/brain
loop and the outside environment.
Since all of the acupuncture meridians are present on the surface
of
the skin, we found some very interesting affects when the skin was
activated
by the Neurophone. All the subjects of the experement were muscle
tested
fo
r one major muscle for each of the twelve meridians bilaterally. The
meridians were recorded as under active for muscle weak in the clear
and
over active for muscles that became weak only by stimulation of the
alarm
point for its respective meridian. The subjects were then connected to
the Neurophone by placing the electrodes on the skin of the forehead
just
lateral ans superior to the eyes. K-Y Jelly was used to enhance the
contact
between the skin and the electrodes. A tape recording of pink noise was
then played through the Neurophone for a period of two minutes and then
the muscles were retested after removal of the electrodes.
Conclusion ~
Table 1 represents the totals of 10 different paitents who went
thorugh
the experiment. Out of the 240 meridiand tested, 85.8% of the
unbalanced
ones found, were corrected. The Neurophone appears to have a beneficial
effect on the body. On subesquent visits, the meridians were remaining
in balance two weeks later. Some of the many comments from the paitents
included: cessations of seizures, inproved sleep, total relaxation,
improved
respiration, better concentration, and cessation of pain.
Additional Research ~
To be certain the Neurophone was not operating by bone conduction,
a
simple experement was done, known as the Batteau test in honor of the
hearing
research of the late Dr Dwight Batteau who developed the test during
the
Neurophone evaluation at Tufts University.
Two seperate channels of auditory information were used. One
channel
goes through a set of ordinary headphones, the other goes through the
Neurophone.
One specific frequency is played through the headphone channel. Another
frequency slightly different is played through the Neurophone circuitry
to the transducer disks. If the Neurophone was producing hearing by
bone
conduction, the two slightly different frequencies would "mix" in the
bone
structures of the inner ear, producing a discernible "beat frequency"
which
is the difference between the two frequencies. With the Neurophone,
this
"beat" is heard only at very high volume levels in both channels,
levels
at which the Neurophone is probably producing bone conduction by the
strong
vibration of the skin under each transducer disk. However, the beat
frequency
should theoreitcally be heard at all volume levels; it is not heard at
normal neurophonic listining levels.
Looking Ahead ~
Although the present experement was a relatively simple one, the
implications
of future possibilities are tremendous. The following ideas may well
serve
as topics of future research papers and I invite all the members of the
I.C.A.K. to pursue them, either on their own or in conjunction with me.
Some of the possibilities for which ther is already some evidence are:
1. Increase in telepathic awareness.
2. A brain/mind link between two or more people. T.E. Bearden has
developed
a mathematical formula that indicates that the combined mind power of a
group of people will multiply exponentially if these people are linked
in a unitary consciousness.
3. Subliminal learning may be accomplished by the subject material
being
played through the Neurophone at a low volume level. No conscious
effort
is made to learn the material. This could even be accomlished while the
student is asleep.
4. Conscious learning may be accomplished by simultaneously
listening
to tape recorded data by means of Neurophone and headphones. In this
way,
the learning centers of the brain are being accessed by at least two
seperate
channels.
5. Positive subliminal programs to alter undesirable habits: i.e.,
weight
control, smoking control, and creation of positive mental attitude.
6. Control the aging process by means of positive cellular
programming
via the Neurophone.
7. Totally deaf people being able to the recorded audio.
Huyck Research Center
209 Greenwich Ave., Stamford, CT
28 Jun 1963
Operation of the Neurophone on the Nervous
System
by
G. Patrick Flanagan
Definitions: CRT = Critical Reaction Time
In a purely rate of onset pulse information system, the pulse rate
of
the system and the pulse amplitude of the system would remain the same.
The things which will be varied, are the slope of the leading edge of
the
pulse, and inversely the width.
In this system, the amplitude,(e) of the pulse remains the same;
so
does the repeition rate of the signal. The only things to be changed
are
the slope and thus the width of the top of the pulse. From now on, the
slope in degrees will be represented by (Ã ), and the width at
the
top will be represented by (T). We can then formulate an empirical
formula
for the relationship of à to T. (T measured in usec). T =
K/Ã
as à = 45 degrees, T = 0 or T = max time, à = 0 degrees.
K = conversion factor.
Therefore T also equals I (instantaneous audio information).
The width of the entering pulse with no information must be equal
to
the CRT of the nervous system at any given instance. Then the slope of
the pulse and thus the width at the top are varied, so is the response
of the system. A pulse of the same amplitude but of the wrong width for
the CRT of the neuron will only partially load the neuron. The amount
or
amplitude of the loaded signal in the neuron will be proportional to
the
width of the pulse as it is varied.
Now, if a sine wave is loaded into the system, the frequency of
the
wave must be varied so that the width of the wave will coincide with
the
varying CRT of the loaded system, otherwise the sine wave will have no
effect on the neuron, i.e., very little.
It has been shown by my experimentation with the effects of
adrenergia
and cholinergia on the nervous system, that as the body goes into the
state
of adrenergia, the frequency of the carrier must be increased to meet
the
smaller CRT of the nerves introduced by the addition of adrenaline and
acetylcholine into the system. And, as the body goes into a state of
colinergia,
the opposite is true, the frequency must be lowered, due to the
increased
CRT. Otherwise no information can be transmitted into the system.
In adrenergia, the excited state, the K ion mobility is increased
and
the CRT is smaller....thus requiring a higher frequency. In the case of
cholinergia, the opposite is true.
Lets now analyze a 30 KHZ sine wave as applied to the nervous
system
and see what the nervous system sees. The sine wave is clipped at e and
the width of the top of the clipped wave is < 15 usec. Now, if the
nervous
system at this instant has a CRT of approx 15 usec perfect loading will
occur.
Now, if the CRT of the nervous system at this moment should change
to
20 usec, the carrier would have to be shifted to 25 KHz to obtain the
same
response. This increase in CRT would indicate that the person had gone
into a state of colinergia. The new CRT of the neuron would now cause
the
neuron to be improperly loaded at 30 KHZ, but properly loaded at 25
KHz.
Now we will look and see what the effects of modulated and
unmodulated
carrier have on the system at the neurons CRT. According to the
Encylopedia
Britannica, the output frequency generated by a neuron is proportional
to the amplitude of the stimulus, until the stimulus reaches a certain
level and the frequency then remains the same is.. the clipping level
of
the system. The completely loaded neuron will then be receiving maximum
stimulus and will then be generating a frequency of its own in
proportion
to the loaded voltage. At this loading in the unmodulated carrier, a
series
of meaningless pulses are being generated and sent to the brain where
they
are probably rejected and passed off as random noise.
Now let us look at a tone modulated carrier (AM Signal) and see
what
happens with some information input. The pulse width at the top
(clipping)
now varies with change in carrier amplitude at the audio tone
modulation
frequency. The loading voltage of the neuron will now vary with the
audio
rate....the varying width of the top of the pulse now follows a pattern
of widths in time with the audio tone.
The overall process: (Audio) I = varies T and which vary e loading
in
neuron which generates freq to the brain. We now have a system that
detects
and interprets rate of change into the neuron's own coding system. Or,
as applied to a purely rate of onset modulation system with a pulse
input
instead of a sine wave input. We now have a coded conversion system for
introducing information into the nervous system.
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The Neurophone Mark XI Manual
(1979)
G. Patrick Flanagan, Ph.D.
This year the neurophone concept has now reached maturity. It was
developed
21 years ago this year (1979). The entire history of the neurophone
reads
like a James Bond mystery novel. We are currently writing a full length
book on the neurophone story, and expect to publish this next year. For
the present, we will give you a synopsis of the neurophone story, and
bring
the reader up to date on the current development of the neurophone Mk
XI,
the eleventh model in a long chain of discovery. following the basic
history
of the neurophone, we will give instructions for the set up and use of
the neurophone.
The first neurophone was developed when I was 14 years old. A
brief
description of the original device is given in the book PYRAMID POWER.
The original neurophone patent #3,393,279, describes a high voltage,
high
frequency, amplitude modulated radio oscillator. This device made the
listener
into a radio receiver. It transmitted sound information to the user by
means of small insulated electrodes. The 3000 volt signal produced an
electric
field of extremely low power density. As the carrier frequency was in
the
vicinity of 50 Khz, and the capacitance of the electrodes was therefore
extremely low. The above electrical conditions of low power density
indicate
that the original device was safe for use. However, if the electrode
surfaces
were scratched, the user would experience a mild, but annoying mild
electric
shock.
When I originally received the idea for the first neurophone, I
was
a child of 14, and did not have funds to hire a patent attorney. One of
my fathers friends was a patent attorney for Shell Development
Corporation,
and agreed to help me write my own application. Over the years, I
became
very familiar with patent law, as the patent examiner in Washington
said
the neurophone could not possibly work, as it defied ALL present laws
of
neurophysiology. The patent fight over the neurophone went on for many
years, finally resulting in complete rejection by the examiner, closing
the file forever with no recourse.
In a brilliant move, my patent attorney (I could afford one by
now)
suggested that we go to Washington and demonstrate the neurophone to
the
examiner in a final attempt to gain approval. When we arrived at the
patent
office, the examiner had a real surprise waiting for us, he had
arranged
for a deaf employee of the patent office to be present for the
demonstration!
The deaf gentleman was nerve deaf in one ear, and almost totally deaf
in
the other ear. When the deaf employee heard high frequency sounds for
the
first time in 15 years, he wept for joy. The examiner then reopened the
neurophone file, and issued the patent giving the original filing date.
By the time the patent was actually issued, a company in New York
owned
by Joseph Lawrence, and Andreja Puharich was infringing on my patent.
It
seems that they had applied for a similar patent several months after I
had applied for mine. As I was the first to file, and had pursued the
patent,
I won the device. The small New York company bought the patent, and by
means of legal maneuvers, succeeded in causing me to lose a small
fortune
in the process. This was due to their issuance of lettered stock which
tumbled to a fraction of its original value by the time the SEC allowed
me to sell it.
We have actually gone far ahead of our story, so we will backtrack
a
little. during the years in which I battled the patent office for the
original
patent many events took place. When I was 17 years old, LIFE magazine
called
and wanted to do an article on the device. When I was 14, I had
received
national publicity on the front pages of 300 newspapers. After the LIFE
article came out, I was offered up to $8,000,000 for the patent rights.
The press coverage was unbelievable. The Ive Got a Secret show(Gary
Moore)
invited me to New York, and millions of people saw the neurophone
demonstrated
on Bess Meyerson. It was during this show, when I first met Puharich
and
Lawrence.
Puharich invited me to lunch at the Twenty One club, along with G.
Harry
Stine, a scientist under the employ of a firm in Connecticut known as
Huyck
Corporation. Stine's company was interested in the rights to the
neurophone.
When all the offers were in, my parents and my Houston attorney
agreed
that the neurophone should be given to Huyck. After examining the
device
for two years, Huyck said the device could not be patented, and dropped
it into my hands once again. By this time, I was under extreme
pressure,
as I was once again given the task of pursuing the patent on my own
limited
funds. At the same time, Puharich and Lawrence kept urging me to give
up,
saying that they had me beat in the patent office.
In 1964, I was offered a position at Tufts University near Boston.
Dr.
Dwight Wayne Batteau, a professor at Tufts had an intense interest in
the
neurophone as it might play a role in man dolphin communications. Dr.
Batteau
had a small company known as Listening Inc., along with a brilliant
electronics
man: Steve Moshier. Listening had extensive contracts with the ONR
(Office
of Naval Research), and was subcontracting Tufts in some of its
research
and development work.
Our first task was to establish the limits and parameters of the
neurophone
as it would apply to dolphins. Our secondary task was to determine the
physiological mechanism by which the device worked.
Dolphins have extremely large brains, and communicate on many
levels.
We considered that the neurophone would open a channel to the dolphin
which
was not previously accessible.
In our initial testing, we found that the neurophone produced a
minute
mechanical vibration in the skin under the electrodes. When one person
was listening to the device, other people standing near the electrodes
could hear the sounds coming from the skin. If a stethoscope was placed
in contact with the users skin, the vibration could be heard loudly,
and
clearly. Our initial effort was to determine if this vibration was
producing
bone conduction, or was the skin vibration merely an artifact?
Doctor Batteau came up with an ingenious experiment to determine
if
the skin vibration was actually leading to bone conduction: If the
neurophone
were a separate acoustic channel into the brain, we should be able to
play
two discordant sounds into the brain of an ordinary person, one by
neurophone,
and one by earphones through the ears. If bone conduction were
involved,
the sounds would mix or beat in the bone structures of the inner ear,
producing
a discord. In the process of bone conduction, sounds are transmitted
through
bony skeletal structures to the inner ear, where the small bones
normally
vibrated by the ear drum are activated by skeletal vibration. This
vibration
is then encoded by the inner ear, and transmitted to the brain by means
of the 8th cranial nerve. We are sure that the neurophone did make use
of another channel, due to the fact that people with 8th cranial nerve
damage had heard with the device.
In our experiment, we played one frequency of sound into the
neurophone,
and another frequency into the headphones through the ears. If bone
conduction
were involved, the sounds would mix as predicted in the inner ear, and
a discord would be perceived by the test subjects (Tufts psychology
students).
If the channel to the brain were a separate one, the signals would be
heard
simultaneously with no discord. At low volume levels, the students were
able to perceive the separate sounds with no mixing. At higher volume
levels,
a mixing could be heard.
We then ran the same experiment by playing the sounds through
stereo
headphones, with each signal going into separate ears. The results were
exactly the same as the neurophone experiment. At low volume levels,
the
signals were indeed perceived apart from each other. At higher volume
levels,
the discord could be perceived.
The higher volume discordant mixing can be explained by neural
intermodulation
possibly taking place in the corpus collosum, the small nerve bundle
which
connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain together. We
tested
a number of Tufts students, and they all had identical results. Wayne
Batteau
was so excited, that he suggested we write a letter to Science, for
publication.
Our letter is duplicated in the appendix.
As the neurophone was now proven to be a separate brain
communication
channel, Doctor Batteau made an offer for rights to the device. He
offered
to give me a 1/3 interest in Listening, a 5% royalty, and position of
Vice
President in charge of research. The idea was to develop the
neurophones
potential in many areas, including its potential as an interface
(electronic
corpus collosum) between man and dolphin, and play EEG signals from a
human
brain into the dolphin; and to reverse the procedure.
Our work was progressing at a satisfactory rate, when tragedy
struck
Listening. Wayne Batteau died of a heart attack in shallow water while
swimming near our dolphin facility on Oahu, Hawaii. When he died, the
Navy
canceled our contracts and Listening began to fold. Shortly after that,
we demonstrated the neurophone to the patent examiner, and the rest is
history.
While investigating man dolphin communications, we succeeded in
developing
a language translator, a device that translated human speech into
dolphin
language, and vic versa. This development required a thorough
understanding
of the nature of speech, and information theory. We made many efforts
to
model the nervous system, and succeeded in demonstrating that the
nervous
system uses time ratios as major sources of intelligent information. We
then began to investigate timing ratios in speech patterns of humans
and
dolphins. During that period, we found that speech intelligibility was
contained in time dominant ratios in the speech waveform. We found that
speech quality was contained in dominant frequency ratios. So, the
nervous
system is designed to recognize two distinct parameters: the time
domain,
and the frequency domain.
As a result of the knowledge gained in this area, I designed a
circuit
which suppressed the frequency domain, while amplifying the time
domain.
This device, was so radical in approach, that I applied for a patent on
it as a specialized speech processor. Six months after the patent was
applied
for, the National Security Agency placed the patent application under a
top secrecy order #756,124. The order said that my invention was being
suppressed in the interest of National Security. It further stated that
I could be tried for treason and shot by firing squad if I revealed its
working nature to anyone other than an authorized government
representative.
In other words they stole it! Needless to say I was very disappointed
in
the system. It took four year, and three law firms to sue for release
of
my invention. We won the battle, and the secrecy order was rescinded.
Patent
#3,647,970 was issued on the 7th of March 1972.
In 1974, two years after I wrote Pyramid Power, we spent the night
in
the Great Pyramid. A full description of that event will have to wait
for
the publication of our full length book on the neurophone.(see also
"Gods
of Aquarius" by Brad Stieger a starseed book) I can say that I had an
experience
of enlightenment, including a full blown Kundalini Release. After that
experience, I became a trance medium. During one of my trances, the
message
came through that the speech processing patent which was under secrecy
so long was in actuality the perfect neurophone circuit. Well, this was
a surprise, as I had never tried the circuit in that way. I must admit,
I really did not believe it could work as a neurophone. The message to
try the speech processor as a neurophone kept coming and coming until I
finally decided to try it out. When I tried it, I was in the suprise of
my life! It worked! The result was the development of the present
neurophone
Mk XI, the finest neurophone to date, and it does not require the use
of
a radio frequency carrier wave.
The clue as to how the neurophone actually works, is contained in
the
skin vibration artifact which we discovered at Tufts University. The
original
neurophone used a high voltage amplitude modulated carrier wave to
create
a molecular vibration in the skin itself. The skin became the diaphragm
of a biological electrostatic vibrator. The skin is piezo electric and
opto-electric. That is, when the skin is stimulated by an electric
field,
or by a photon field, it will contract and vibrate with modulation of
the
field. If it is mechanically stimulated, it will generate its own
electric
field. In Russia, blind people have been trained to see with their
fingertips;
and in Czechoslavakia, deaf people have been trained to hear with their
fingertips.
The skin is the largest most complex organ of the living system.
As
we develop in the womb, all organs of sense evolve from the skin. The
skin
involutes and convolutes to form eyes, ears, etc. Our research
indicates
that the skin itself has the latent potential of performing all
functions
of perception.
The neurophone stimulates and develops this latent ability. The
skin
is the organ which receives the signal from the neurophone, and
converts
the incoming signal into a modulated molecular vibration which is then
interpreted as sound. We could theoretically stimulate the sense of
sight
in a similar way. As all acupuncture meridians are present on the
surface
of the skin, we have found that the neurophone stimulation balances all
the acupuncture meridians by activating the skin!
The neurophone Mk XI converts incoming non-linear acoustic
information
into a time domain amplified signal. This signal is then transmitted to
a pair of high dielectric constant ceramic electrodes which are placed
in contact with the skin of the head. The electric field (approx 20
Volts
RMS) interacts with the skin ceramic electrode combination to create a
molecular vibration in the skin. This is then interpreted by the brain.
The result is a new modality for coupling information to the brain,
using
the skin itself as the receptor. Bone conduction vibrators will not
work
as a neurophone, as the vibratory signal is to gross, the skin itself
must
vibrate in a synchronous mode in accordance with the time encoded
information.
Doctor Christopher Hills, in his book Nuclear Evolution states
that
the skin is a second brain, and is the basic organ of spiritual and
psychic
evolution. He states that the skin can be trained to develop powers of
perception such as telepathy, etc...
The neural information processing system of the human body is
apparently
extremely sensitive to time domain information. Doctor Batteau
postulated
that the nervous system incorporates delay line correlation technology
to detect time varied information ratios. The neurophone Mk XI
processing
circuit processes the incoming complex non linear signal waveform, and
amplifies the non linearities thus increasing the timing recognition
pattern
of the signal. In the process, the frequency domain is suppressed. The
time rate of change of the incoming signal is thus amplified. This
signal
is so time dominant, that it can be hard clipped or run through a zero
crossing detector without losing any intelligibility.
This time processed signal is then fed to the pair of high
dielectric
ceramic electrodes. The 20 volt average RMS signal does not require a
radio
carrier to work. As stated earlier, the original neurophone design had
to actually work by brute force, due to the fact that the modulation
signal
was not processed to increase the time domain signal properties. As
previously
stated, the original neurophone produced typical voltages on the order
of 3000 at a carrier frequency of 50000 hertz. As the skin is
piezoelectric,
and has a dielectric constant in the range of 12000, the neurophone
electrodes
are made of a ceramic material designed to provide a maximum impedance
match to the skin itself. The entire skin electrode system is a
piezoelectric
resonator. Note: The ceramic electrodes are fragile and could break if
dropped on a hard surface. Be very careful, they are expensive to
replace.
To obtain the best results from your neurophone experience, you
should
spend at least 1/2 hour per day listening to a broad spectrum frequency
source in a quiet, relaxing environment. It is best to listen with an
increased
blood flow to the brain. The preferred position is an inclined plane of
11 degrees with the head down. Testing has shown that most people go
into
deep alpha within 30 seconds when placed in this position. This state
is
the most receptive state to listen to the neurophone. The neurophone
listener
can build his own incline plane from a board six feet long, and at
least
18 inches wide. The raised end of the board should be supported at a
level
of 14 inches above the floor.
The electrodes should be placed on the temples, directly behind
and
slightly above the eyes. Do not place on the hair. Although the
electrodes
will work perfectly well without electrode jelly, we suggest the use of
EEG type electrode jelly, or KY jelly, as this improves impedance
matching
to the skin. If you use KY jelly as an electrode cream, smear an even
coating
over the black ceramic of each electrode, and place the electrodes in
contact
with the skin. The electrodes may be held in place by means of an EEG
type
rubber strap, or an ordinary 2 inch ACE bandage may be used.
After the electrode strap is in position on the head, insert the
KY
coated ceramic electrodes under the strap so the electrodes are held
securely
in contact with the temples. Later, you may desire to move the
electrodes
around to experience different sensations. Many neurophone listeners
prefer
to place one electrode in the center of the forehead, on the 3rd eye
area,
and to place the other one on the back of the neck, or on the hand or
wrist.
The sound source for neurophone listening can be a cassette
player,
a radio, or a stereo HI Fi system. The neurophone should be driven from
a headphone or a speaker output jack. Your neurophone is provided with
an audio connector cable with a mini plug on the cassette end, and a
1/4
inch phone plug on the other end. This will fit most cassette players.
If you want to drive the neurophone from another source you may have to
obtain a different wire. Your local Radio Shack store will probably
have
the right one.
In using the neurophone, I generally adjust the sound level of the
cassette
machine to a comfortable listening level as heard through the built in
loudspeaker of the machine. I then plug the mini plug into the earphone
jack of the player, and plug the standard phone plug into the input
jack
on the neurophone. Plug the electrode phone plug into the neurophone
output
jack. Rotate the neurophone volume control slowly clockwise. The switch
on the control will turn the unit on. The small LED panel lamp should
glow
at this time. Slowly turn the control up until you begin to hear the
tape
from your cassette player through the neurophone electrodes. Depending
on the program material to which you are listening, the sound which you
first hear through the neurophone will not sound like Hi Fi. This is
due
to two things: The sound you hear is time domain dominant. 2. As this
is
a new listening channel, the brain actually has missing processing
capability.
If we run a frequency sweep of the neurophone while listening, we will
find that all of us have certain spectra which are entirely missing
from
our perceptual ability. That is, in the beginning we may hear a complex
sound wave of one millisecond duration (1KHz), but miss entirely a
sound
of another domain. As we listen through the neurophone, the missing
ranges
are programmed into the brain. After listening for as little as 30
minutes,
the sound begins to take on new qualities. The sound appears to move
around
in the head, and take on new dimension as we program our psychic brain
centers to receive the new signal input. The more the neurophone is
used,
the clearer it gets. I recommend electronic music tapes in the
beginning,
such as the astral sound tape.
As the neurophone channel is but one channel into the brain, we
have
found that supplementing the neurophone channel with the frequency
domain
input by means of quality headphones is desirable. The reintroduction
of
the frequency domain through the headphones adds a new dimension of
sound
to the brain mind input system. The combination of neurophone plus
headphone
signals provides the best listening combination. For this purpose, the
neurophone contains a headphone output jack which will accept monaural
or stereo headphones. The second volume control from the left is used
to
control sound to the headphones. As the headphones are driven by the
cassette
recorder, the neurophone must be plugged into a speaker or headphone
output
jack. The neurophone plus headphone adjustment should be made as
follows:
1. First adjust the sound level to the electrodes with the headphone
control
in the off position. 2. With the headphones in place, slowly adjust the
level of the headphones to supplement the electrode signal. Sit back,
or
lay back close your eyes and let the signals carry you away.
In the near future: Source of Innergy will begin to produce
cassette
tapes designed to be used only with the neurophone. The tapes will
cover
many different categories from: Psychic Center Stimulation; to
Subliminal
Habit Modification Programs. We will notify neurophone owners as these
tapes become available for purchase.
In the beginning, it is not necessary to use special tapes, as the
object
is to develop the latent channel through which the neurophone works.
This
may be done by listening to white noise (waterfalls) or your favorite
music
tapes. Neurophone stimulated perceptual enhancement occurs with
increasing
frequency as you use your neurophone. This experience is similar to the
meditation experience of transcending. These periods of extremely
clarity
become more and more pronounced as you put hours on your neurophone.
All
changes in awareness are not gradual. All progress is in the form of
discrete
steps. What may appear to be a gradual altering of consciousness is
actually
a series of graduations. We may plod along thinking we are making no
forward
progress, and at the point in time where we feel we want to give up we
experience quantum leap in awareness. One of the most common awareness
changes with the neurophone effect is an increase in telepathic
awareness.
Although this cannot be turned on at will, instances of its occurrence
will increase in frequency as time goes on. Please keep a diary of
neurophone
hours of listening, and make note of any change in awareness, dreaming,
or unusual perception changes.
We would like all neurophone owners to send us a monthly research
report
or diary of experiences. This is important data which will enable us to
share with you all experiences, and tune the neurophone experience.
Keep
note of your actual listening time, and listening material. If you
experience
any change in consciousness or awareness record this down. Others would
like to share your experience.
Retired Lt. Col. Thomas Bearden is a nuclear physicist from George
Washington
University. He is one of the foremost experts in warfare strategy, and
is an expert in the field of Soviet Psychotronics Research. Tom Bearden
and I have made two mind links by means of the neurophone. Details of
the
brain mind link will be given in a later edition of the Innergy News,
or
the neurophone research journal. Col Bearden has developed a
mathematical
formula that indicates that the combined mind power of a group of
people
will multiply exponentially if these people are linked in a unitary
consciousness.
A small group of people could actually alter the entire course of
mankind
in an instant of time, if they were perfectly linked in a unified field
of consciousness. Col Bearden believes that the neurophone is the key
to
linking consciousness. He believes it may hold the answer to solving
all
the problems of mankind.
This linking could be done in a number of ways. The Soviets have
established
that an EEG machine of only 16 channels could pick up the entire
consciousness
of an individual. All that is then necessary, is to feed the data into
the mind of another by means of a multi channel neurophone. The
neurophone
would then become an electronic corpus collosum between the minds of
two
or more people.
At a given time in the near future, we will notify all neurophone
owners
to all try to listen to the neurophone at an exact time period
everyday.
This will be a simple attempt to unify the consciousness of the group.
This type of experiment has been somewhat successful in the past, when
used with group meditation. It may be that this experiment will speed
up
the increased awareness brought about by the use of the neurophone.
History of the Neurowave Signal Development
1. A step up audio transformer was attached to a hi-fi amplifier.
The
output voltage of the audio transformer was about 1,500 volts peak to
peak.
The perceived sound quality was very poor,highly distorted and very
weak.
The signal was perceived as being loudest and clearest when the
amplifier
was over driven and clipped square waves were being generated. The
O'scope
signal had ringing spikes or oscillations of a dampened wave at
frequencies
of 40 to 50kHz. (Flanagan, Life Magazine 14 Sep 1962)
2. An amplitude-modulated signal was then fed into a high
frequency
transformer that was flat in frequency response for an adjustable
frequency
in
the 20-100kHz range. The output was a 2,000 volt peak to peak amplitude
modulated carrier wave. (Flanagan Patent No. 3,393,279 (1968)
3. The audio signal is pulse width modulated on to a 50KHZ square
wave
carrier. Output is stepped up to a 50 volt square wave. This signal is
applied to the body by means of piezo ceramic disks.(lead zirconium
titanate)
(Flanagan Patent No. 3,647,970 (1972)
4. The audio signal is pulse width modulated on to a 45KHZ square
wave
carrier then double differentiated(processed thru 2 differentiator
circuits).
Output is stepped up to a 60 volts RMS. This signal is applied to the
body
by means of piezo ceramic disks (Radio Shack Type)(Brass side to skin,
red leads connected to circuit).(Info obtained from various
researchers)
5. The audio signal is differentiated and passed into a section
that
clips everything into a series of square waves and then converted to 40
volt pulses which is then run through a zero crossing detector
(comparator).The
sensor electrodes are one inch diameter plates made from lead zirconium
titanate (piezoelectric discs). (Extrema, US Patent No. 4,545,065)
6. Audio signal is modulated on to a 100KHZ carrier and power
amplified
then sent to an antenna. Those near the antenna percieves the sound if
like thru earphones while those further away hear nothing, no contact
with
the antenna is made.(approx 1970's)Laser Sound System, Inc., 438 W.
Cypress,
Glendale, Ca 91204.....also Intelectron Corp., 432 W 57th St., New
York,
NY, 10036)
7. Another unit is based upon a miniaturized hi-power
amplifier
amplifying the audio information directly, no square waves or carrirers
are used. The sensors are piezo-electric transducers on ceramic bases.
Good quality sound (not quite high fidelity headphone sound) is
experenced
coming from the middle of your brain, more or
less.(www.throne.com)(GROC
BOX(R))
How to use nuro devices:
1. Connect the brass electrode plates (or bare ceramic) ideally to
a
point above the shoulders. The sides of the neck or about 1-2 cm out on
the face from the center line of the ears are good locations.
2. Adjust the sound input device (stereo tape player or CD player)
volume
to its lowest setting and then increase the volume until it reaches the
maximum volume possible without creating any sensation at the point of
electrode contact. You should hear an external sound emanating from the
location of the electrodes. This is normal.
3. Using ear plugs, close off the exterior ears during the first
week
of use. This gives you time to turn your brains attention to the
interior
sound.
4. For the initial week of use it is advised to use music with a
wide
band of frequency. Classical string instruments with the full range of
orchestal sounds work well. Use the device one or more hours a day.
5. After the first week of use switch to whatever learning tapes
you
wish to use. It is recommended that you use an auto reversing tape
player
and use it one or more hours per day.
Life Magazine (14 September 1962) ~
Whiz Kid, Hands Down
by William Moeser
The very young man above is standing on his head because he says
it
helps him think. It evidently does. Pat Flanagan, a 17 year old
inventor
from Bellaire, Texas, is already nipping at the heels of the venerable
30 and 40 year old scientist and inventors who built the remarkable
structures
seen on pages 54 to 65. Pat has just perfected a remarkable machine of
his own which one day may help deaf people hear and blind people see.
It
may also earn him a million dollars. Pat treats his imminent collision
with success with equanimity, for he reckons and who is to gain say him
nowadays that the generation which will take over from the take over
generation
will find nothing is impossible.
Pat Flanagan is a unique and self spurred teenage boy who has
forged
his mind and body into the model of a mature and inquisitive scientist.
At the same time he reflects the more standard teenage model; he is the
twist champion of Bellaire a suburb of Houston a moderate party goer
and
girl chaiser, the holder of a private pilots licence, and a spectacular
gymnast. espite his ability to function in two worlds, Pat leaves no
doubt
which one he favors. There are far too many kids my age who are willing
to just get along. Pat is confident in his ability to do alot more than
just get along.
His single minded belief in his abilities began with a compelling
dream
he had when he was 8 years old. In the dream I was told I had to learn
all about physics and electronics, he says. And it told me I should
help
people. Already an athletic boy able to do 300 pushups a day, he
thereupon
set out to improve his mind. By the time he was 13 he was repairing
television
sets during summer vacations, trying to earn money to build an
electronic
laboratory in his attic.
Pat's restless imagination drove him to tireless sessions in his
laboratory.
To abet them he solicited a rare favor from his parents and his older
brother
Mike the privilage to experiment there undisturbed. One weekend last
October,
Pat started the experiment which led to the development of his
particular
fantastic machine. Starting with a radio transmitter he had designed
himself,
he tried modulating its waves to see if he could induce hearing in his
nervous systemwithout going through the normal channels of hearing. He
hooked his radio to a small transmitter which looked like an earmuff.
After
34 hours of work, he stopped up his ears, put the earmuff to his head
and
found he still could hear.
I ran downstairs to tell somebody anybody. I woke my mom. She just
rolled
over and said to me, thats nice, Pat, but Ill listen to it in the
morning.
She did listen in the morning and alot of very important people have
been
listening to Pat ever since.
Pat calls his device the neurophone and the process it operates by
neuroception.
Essentially what it does, he thinks, is transmit electrical messages
identical
to those sounds generate through the bodys nervous system direct to the
brain. Hence he can place the neurophones earmuff on someone's spine or
solar plexus, plug up his subjects ears, and the person will still
hear.
Obviously if the neurophone in fact does what it seems to do, Pat has
come
a long way twoard short circuiting the bodys ordinary sensory processes
and giving man, unprecedented access to his brain. Other inventors many
with a lot more experience and facilities than Pat have been seeking
such
a device for years, and Pat explains his success verses their failure
as
a product of his own vigorous one man approach to science. I believe
research
in the problem of electronic hearing has been limited because inventors
havent been able to use human subjets as guinea pigs. An animal cant
tell
you just what 'he heard or how clearly he heard it. But I was my own
gunea
pig and I wasnt restricted by the possibile bad effects, and I got the
secret.
There is some question as to just what Pat has got even he has no
firm
knowledge of why his neurophone works but no question whatever that
somehow
he has onto something valuable. Several comanies have expressed
interest
in buying the rights to the neurophone and one Corpus Cristi firm has
tentatively
offered him a million dollars if the machine can be adapted to send
visual
images into the brains of blind people. Dr. William O. Davis of
Stamford,
Conn Hyuck Corporation, a research and development company which is
also
fascinated by the neurophone says, The ability to detect radio signals
in the brain is a remarkable phenomenon. If we never learn more about
Pat's
invention, even if we never learn why it works, it certainly is a
utilitarian
breakthru which could help a number of people. Davis, who used to run
the
Air Forces basic research program, adds, its important to realize that
young Flanagan had the necessary intuition to invent his neurophone.
You
make discoveries intuitively, in the same manner you would paint a
picture
or write a symphony.
Pat wants to go on to college, but he is worried about fettering
his
talent: I seek the knowledge college will provide, but I never want to
be just satisfied with what someone else has written and done. He
hopes,
as his skills increase, to probe other recesses of mens mind. I believe
someday the entire concept of medical pratice will be changed by
electronics,
he says. People will be treated electronically rather than with
medicine.
If God can make the earth and sky and the force that people and trees
live,
then inventing anything less than this should be relatively simple.
Statements like this one tend to prove a bit abrasive to Pat's
classmates.
Pats a wise guy, plenty cocky, and sure of himself, one says, but the
bad
part of it is hes just that much better at anything he sets his mind to
do.
Pat claims this reaction does not bother him I want to be
accepted,
sure, but some people were cutout to go full tilt. Pats hands and mind
are always going full tilt of late. The books strewn across his
cluttred
attic laboratory range from Zen to Karate to electronic jurnals to the
Hidden Persuaders. Lights glow from a wave testing machine and he is
working
on a new way of tuning TV sets.
People think Ive accomplished so much in life, he says. They say
what
else can you do , and all that stuff. But I know where Im going and I
know
what I have to do. When I die I want to leave behind something which
will
greatly affect and help everyone.
KeelyNet (15 October 1993) Neurop50.ASC ~
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The Neurophone Model 50 ~ The Thinkman
Principles of Operation
The Thinkman is the latest development in the series of neurophone
devices
first invented by Patrick Flanagan in 1959 when he was a prolific young
inventor of 14. Since that time, considerable progress has been made in
the development of improved neurophone devices, and the thinkman is the
fiftieth neurophone system developed by Dr. Flanagan. A full and
complete
theory of the neurological, physiological and psychological operation
of
the neurophone is still being pieced together.
How does it work? How is it possible to hear without using ones
ears?
The current hypothesis is based upon the fact that the skin is
embrionically
the source of all our human sense organs. In fact, the skin itself
contains
more sensors, for heat, touch, pain, etc., than any other part of the
human
anatomy. The human ear evolves embryonically out of the convolutions of
the skin of an embryo in the mothers womb. Basically, the skin is the
oldest
evolutionary nervous system sensor. Since it is the precursor of the
ears,
the skin should also be capable of hearing and, as the neurophone
proves,
the skin does indeed have this capability.
Neurologically, the human skin is both piezoelectric and
optoelectric.
This means that it produces minute electrical currents when vibrated or
rubbed. Soviet and Czechoslovakian neurological research has also shown
that the skin produces an electric current when stimulated by light.
As long ago as 1785, Charles Augustin DeCoulomb, a french
physicist
and an early experimenter with electricity, proved that an
electrostatic
field produces a measurable physical force. The neurophone processes
audio
information to produce a very weak 20 volt RMS electric field at each
of
its two transducer disks. This alternating electric field is changed as
a function of the time rate of change of the audio signal coming into
the
neurophone. This minute electrical field actually causes microscopic
vibrations
of the skin under the transducer disks. Maximum coupling of the
electric
field to the skin is ensured by fabricating the transducer disks from
Zirconium
Titanate which possess the same dielectric constant as human skin. If
you
were to put an ordinary medical stethoscope on the skin next to one of
the transducer disks while the neurophone is being used, you would be
able
to detect the vibrations of the skin created by the tiny electric field
of the transducer disk.
Work done by Dr's Patrick Flanagan and Dwight Wayne Batteau at
Tufts
University during the years of 1964-1968 is the basis of the current
theory
regarding how the neurophone works. They discovered that the frequency
content of the human voice had little to do with the brain's ability to
recognize intelligence in human speech. For example, people who have
had
their larynx removed can use an artificial larynx, a buzz generator or
low frequency vibrator held against the side of the throat. Words are
formed
totally by the action of the jaw, the tongue, the teeth, the glottis,
and
the nasal cavities. These cavities form a highly variable time delay
encoding
chamber. They found that the basic audio information which our brains
evolved
to decipher, the human voice, is dependent not upon frequency but upon
the time rate of change nature of a sound caused by time delays imposed
by the mouth and nasal passages. The neurophone makes use of these time
delay codes by processing the incoming audio signal to remove the
frequency
component and leave only the time domain, the time rate of change
information.
This is one reason why the neurophone sounds so scratchy when one first
begins to listen to it. Thus, the electronic circuitry presents audio
information
to the skin in the manner that the skin was originally designed to
receive
and decode such information eons ago.
But is it certain that the neurophone is not operating by bone
conduction
as are some other devices available today for listening experiments and
enjoyment? A definitive experiment proving that bone conduction is not
a cause of neurophonic hearing can be duplicated by anyone with the
required
simple equipment. This procedure is called the Batteau test, honoring
the
late hearing researcher, Dr Dwight Wayne Batteau, who developed the
test
during neurophone evaluation at Tufts University. Two separate channels
of audio information are required. One channel goes through a set of
ordinary
headphones, the other goes through the neurophone. One specific
frequency
is played through the headphone channel. Another slightly different is
played through the neurophone circuitry to the transducer disks. If the
neurophone were producing hearing by bone conduction, the two slightly
different frequencies would mix in the bone structure of the inner ear
producing a discernible beat frequency. With the nerophone, this beat
frequency
is heard only at very high volume levels in both channels, levels at
which
the neurophone probably producing bone conduction by the strong
vibration
of the skin under each transducer disk. However the beat frequency
should
theoretically be heard at all volume levels and yet it is not heard at
normal neurophonic listening levels. The neurophonic experience is
therefore
probably a new way to hear, using a new channel into the brain: the
skin.
The neurophone is an electronic audio information processor
designed
and sold for experimental and entertainment purposes. The electronic
circuitry
of the neurophone accepts an input from any audio or Hi Fi system. It
converts
the audio signal into a digital like low voltage electrical signal that
activates two small transducer disks. These two disks or electrodes may
be placed anywhere on the bare skin of the listener. When the
transducers
are in contact with the skin, the audio signal will then be perceived
in
the persons head. There are no hazardous voltages or currents between
the
two sensor disks. There are no radio frequency carriers involved in the
action of the neurophone. The neurophone thinkman operates from a 9
volt
transistor radio type battery which is enclosed in its case.
The audio signal source for the neurophone may be a portable
cassette
tape player, a radio, or a stereo Hi Fi system. Most modern cassette
tape
machines and Hi Fi stereo systems have a headphone or external speaker
output jack. The neurophone output goes through two 1 inch diameter
transducer
disks fabricated of Zirconium Titinate which are imbedded in acrylic
plastic
tiles to protect the brittle disks against breakage. The transducer
disks
are, nevertheless, still fragile and should be treated carefully
because
hard physical shocks will break them. If a transducer disk is broken by
rough handling, a new set of transducer disks may be obtained from us.
Insert the plug at the end of the transducer lead into the jack labeled
electrode on the end of the thinkman.
Connect your neurophone to an audio source such as a cassette
machine
by means of an audio connecting cable. The small plug on your
connecting
cable will usually fit into the headphone output or external speaker
jack
on your machine, the other plug on your connecting cable will plug into
the audio jack on the neurophone. Before plugging the cable into your
cassette
jack, adjust the output volume control on your machine to a 50% or
higher
level to ensure that the signal processor on your neurophone is
receiving
an adequate signal level. Turn on the neurophone by rotating the volume
control in a clockwise direction. The red LED indicator light will
glow,
indicating the neurophone is on. Place the two transducer disks on the
bare skin on either side of the forehead; They may be held in place by
the elastic headband supplied with the unit. Turn the volume control
clockwise
to about mid way. Turn on your audio source so that the signal will now
play through the neurophone. Place the electrode disks on the skin of
your
temples, plug up your ears, and the audio signal should be heard,
appearing
to exist in the middle of your head. If necessary, adjust the
neurophone
volume control until the signal is heard.
As you become more experienced in neurophone listening, you will
find
that you will be able to place the two transducer disks on the bare
skin
in spots other than the forehead. One neurophone listener reports
excellent
neurophone listening with one transducer disk on the soft flesh of one
leg and the other transducer on the soft skin of the stomach. However,
the neurophone must be operated at a higher volume setting to obtain
the
same level of neurophone hearing under such remote transducer
locations.
The ability of the transducer disks to function at a location of the
skin
remote from the head is partially explained by the current operating
hypothesis.
If your neurophone begins to sound weak and the red LED indicator
on
the front panel begins to glow very dimly, replace the battery in the
unit.
Unfasten the four phillips head screws holding the bottom on the case
and
remove the bottom plate. Inside, you will find a battery clip and a 9
volt
transistor battery. Replace the battery with a fresh one. For best
results,
use an alkaline battery which will provide more than 10 hours of
neurophone
use under normal conditions.
The neurophone processes audio information in such a way that the
frequency
domain is eliminated but the time domain is preserved. Studies with
earlier
versions of the neurophone by Tufts University for the US Navy as long
ago as 1966 indicated that the brain initially may have difficulty in
recognizing
the neurophone signals due to gaps in perception. The user may not be
able
to perceive certain frequencies and time domains in portions of the
audio
spectrum. As you use your neurophone, these holes in your neurophone
hearing
process will disappear, as your brain learns to recognize these
energies,
and you will begin to hear neurophonic sound with full frequency and
wide
dynamic range.
The neurophone is an experimental listening device that may by
continuous
use stimulate and enhance dormant perceptive abilities in the user. For
example, since the device is apparently stimulating pathways to the
brain
that are not used normally, it may increase intelligence, telepathic
ability,
and neural efficiency. Dr. Flanagan has used the neurophone longer than
anyone in existence, and has developed extremely high neural efficiency
scores. He believes this increase in brain efficiency is directly
related
to the use of the neurophone device. Many long term neurophone users
report
increased awareness, telepathic ability, out of body experiences,
better
memory, and increased auditory frequency range. A commercial pilot from
Saudi Arabia reported a recovery of hearing damage due to aural trauma
resulting from the loud aircraft engine noise as a result of his job.
Please
note however, that the neurophone is an experimental device, and has
many
uses that have been untapped. The neurophone owner will have to
experiment
and discover his own uses for the device. Dr Flanagan used his own
neurophone
to learn the Arabic language; actress Susan Strasberg found that she
could
learn her stage lines easier by playing them through the device. A
recent
book by G. Harry Stine, titled THE SILICON GODS by Dell, discusses the
possibility of using the neurophone as a part of a mind computer link
in
which the power of the human mind could be amplified by millions of
times.
Stine says that the entire process if feasible right now, with the help
of the neurophone and state of the art brain scan technology. Tom
Bearden,
in his book EXCALIBER BRIEFING says that the neurophone may eventually
be used to successfully enable one or more people to do a perfect mind
link in which the power of multiple minds may solve all world problems.
We hope that neurophone owners will join us in the task of
discovering
and using the potential of the device. The field of neurophone research
is wide open, in the future we will see the development of neurophone
software
and hardware as well as neurophone user's league, our own neurophone
magazine,
and a host of other neurophone support devices. We invite all
neurophone
owners to share their experiences with us, so that we may share them
with
others.
TECH DATA: Model 50 ~ US Patent # 3,647,970
Input impedance: 5000 ohms
Max output voltage at disks: 20 volt RMS>
Battery: 9 volt
Battery life: 10 hours Alkaline cell
Output: Up to 12 pairs of disks
Control: Transducer volume
Operating temp: -40 to +120 F
Dimensions: 4 3/4"x 2 1/2"x 1 1/2"
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The Pacinian Corpuscle
The skin contains many energy sensing mechanism, one such
mechanism
is known as the Pacinian Corpuscle. The PC is a special nerve ending
that
transforms mechanical vibrations or pressures into nerve impulses.
Until
this year, (1980) very little was known about thie transducer, and it
was
thought that the device could only work at low frequencies of
stimulation.
Recent research by Fernando Grandori and Antonio Pedotti of Milan,
Italy
has shed a whole new light on this mechanism. (IEEE Transaction on
Biomedical
Engineering,, Vol BME-27, #10, Oct 1980) It now seems that the PC
can
react to very high frequencies, and responds best to a square wave
stimulus.
The PC consists of a sensitive nerve ending surrounded by a
cylindrical-like
core structre consisting of closely packed membranes called lamellae.
The
core is surrounded by a second set of lamellae, in which the distance
between
each one increases from the innermost lamella toward the periphery of
the
corpuscle. The space between all the lameae is filled with a liquid
whos
mechanical properties can be considered similar to that of water. When
a displacement of the outermost lamella is caused by exerting an
appropriate
pressure, this stimulus is transmitted to the core, and in turn, causes
a compression of the innermost lamella. This system acts as a
differentiating
mechanical amplifier.
What is significant here, is that the PC responds best to a
Squarewave.
The above paper reveals that rate of change is more important than the
amplitude of the pressure applied to the corpuscule. This indicates
that this highly refined receptor is designed to detect time
significance
first, and pressure significance secondly.
If we take the Neurophone electrode disks and feed a 50 volt sine
wave
audio signal into them while placing them on the temples, the signal
will
be percieved weakly. If we feed the same signal as a square wave, the
percieved
is 10 times as loud as the sine wave. This tends to substantiate Dr
Flanagan's
theory reguarding the Neurophone perceptual mechanism as being timerate
of change encoded.
PC are located over the entire skins surface, with greater
concentrations
on the fingertips and sexual organs. In 1981 Dr Flanagan intends to
develop
research projects which will be able to evaluate the PC theory.
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Neurophone Breakthrough
A Possible Mechanism for Neurophonic Action
The Neurophone is a new electronic invention that may enable us to
hear
by a completely new information channel to the brain. Ordinary hearing
is the result of the stimulation of bones in the inner ear by means of
vibration. Sound waves may reach these bones through ear canal via the
ear drum, or by bone conduction in which sound waves are conducted to
the
inner ear vibrations in the crainial bones.
When the sound waves reach the inner ear, a vibration is set up in
the
cochlea which then converts the waves into nerve inpulses that travel
up
the 8th Crainial Nerve to the sound recognition centers of the brain.
In 1958, Dr Flanagan, then a child of 14 developed a radio
transmitter
that made the brain into a radio reciever. This device transmits
acoustic
information to the brain by means of radio waves into the skin,
bypassing
the 8th Crainial Nerve. When he applied for a patent on the device, the
patent examiner rejected the whole thing saying that such a device
would
go against all known laws of science. ver the following years, Dr
Flanagan
fought against insurmontable odds to prove that the device did indeed
work.
In the meantime, LIFE magazine ran a major article on Flanagan and the
Neurophone, naming him as one of the top ten scientists in the US at
the
age of 17! In a final desperate move Flanagan flew to the patent office
with a model of his invention and successfully demonstrated the device
on a deaf employee in the patent examiner's office. The deaf man heard
music for the first time in 15 years and broke down into tears. The
examiner
declared that the Nurophone was indeed a basic patentable device and
approved
the patent for release. Patent # 3,393,279 dated 16 July 1968..........
In the years that Dr Flanagan fought to recieve deserved
recognition
by the patent office, he grew into manhood and was working on
Man-Dolphin
Communications for the US Navy when the patent was finally issued.
While
involved in Man-Dolphin research, he became interested in nerve signal
information encoding, and began to develop electronic circuits that
duplicated
the process of pattern recognityion observed in the human nervous
system.
This work led to research in Cryptography. During that period he
developed
a top secret sound scrambler that was virtually impossible to decode.
Part
of the scrambler was based on his research into nerve encoding.
Dr Flanagan believed that the pattern of nerve encoding used in
the
human speech recognition system could be used to make a better
Neurophone.
He succeeded in perfecting an electronic curcuit that he believes
duplicates
the precise encoding of the Cochlea and 8th Crainial Nerve. When he
applied
for a patent on the new circuit, the patent aplication was immediately
placed under top secrecy by the National Security Agency. The only
explnation
given at the time was that the circuit had potential uses in the
defense
of the country. Dr Flanagan was happy that the government considered
that
his device could be used in his country's defense. The only problem was
that the government wanted the devise free, and he spent 14 years on
it.
He hired attorneys and challenged the secrecy order for over five
years.
At the end of that period, the patent was released from secrecy and was
approved for issue by the patent office. Patent # 3,647,970 dated 7 Mar
1972.
Dr Flanagan then perfected the circuit for another five years.
This
circuit recognizes time-relationships in the signal waveform, and
generates
a square wave that is time encoded. Dr Flanagan believes that the
nervous
system uses a complex deley line time recognition computational system
that recognises time information. (50KHZ square wave pulse width audio
modulation with double differentiator output)
In July of 1978, he successfully applied the Time Recognition
Processor
to his Neurophone. When an audio signal is processed through his
circuit,
it is converted into a form which he believes is an electronic analog
of
the nerve signal released from the human cochlea, but with one major
difference;
in the cochlea hundreds of nerves carry the time-encoded signal to the
brain. In the case of the Neurophone, the full signal processing is
complete
and may be carried to the brain by alternate pathways. Through the skin
itself.
In the original Neurophone, a 3000 volt amplitude modulated radio
wave
carried the signal to a pair of insulated electrodes that were placed
on
the head of the subject. In the present Neurophone, the voltage has
been
reduced to a 50 volt (maximum) square wave. This signal is applied to
the
body by means of ceramic disks.(zirconium titanate) The ceramic disks
allow
the energy field to affect the skin without a current flow. The small
electric
field causes the skin to vibrate internally in rhythim with the
stimulation.
The intea-dermal vibration can be heard by others if they place there
own
ears near the point of electrode skin contact. The vibration is not
powerful
enough however, to vibrate the bone below the skin surface.
For the past year, Dr Flanagan has been developing a theory which
would
explain how the Neurophone actually works in the body. Some mechanism
must
exist that transmits the information from skin to the brain.
The Neurophone has been out now for nearly five months, and we are
starting
to get reports back from layman and professional users. The inital
results
are exciting. Several people have reported that their ability to
remember
data is increasing. People who could not remember telephone numbers are
becoming walking phone books!
The first professional research report has been written by Dr
Sheldon
Deal, D.C., N.D.; of Tucson, Az. Dr Deal is director of the Swan
Clinic,
and is current President of the International College of Applied
Kinesiology.
Dr Deal's preliminary Neurophone research paper was recently
presented
at the I.C.A.K. convention in Detroit. With Dr Deal's permission, we
are
publishing his entire paper in INNERGY NEWS.
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Neurophone Extract from T.E. Bearden's Book Excalibur
Briefing
Another device that uses the new hyperspatial, virtual state,
nested
modulation technology (and has done so for 17 or 18 years) is Dr. Pat
Flanagan's
neurophone. With brilliant insight and intuition far beyond that of
science
at the time, Pat invented and patented the instrument by the time he
was
seventeen years old. The neurophone is a device that, contrary to all
present
theory and knowledge, will directly pump the brain and reproduce sound
and information directly in the brain and mind system, without going
through
the auditory system at all. A simplified diagram of Pat's improved
neurophone
is shown in the figure.
Briefly, the device takes a complex signal, such as the sound of
an
orchestra playing a musical interlude, and electrically processes it as
shown in the figure. First the signal is passed into a section that
clips
everything into a series of square waves, remarkably analogous to the
sort
of clipped waves Lisitsyn confirms are the information carriers of the
human brain. Next the square waves are differentiated, ielding a series
of sharp spikes (note that these spikes retain the pulse time content
of
the clipped signal). These spikes are again differentiated, and since
these
are finite
spikes with real nonzero rize times and decay times rather than
theoretical
constructs, a series of noisy spikes results from the second
differentiator
section. From here, the noisy spikes are introduced to special contact
electrodes, one of which is normally placed on the forehead, while the
other may be placed almost anywhere, including on the foot. Nowhere are
any sound waves introduced to the head.
The square wave clipper section reduces the complex signals, their
overtones,
and their complex modulations to square waves, retaining the
temporal content of the wave mix but not the waves themselves. The
first and second differentiators highten or filter through the temporal
content of the higher order differentiations, that is, they serve as a
band pass filter unit to accent the time keying of the neutrinic and
mind
field portions or aspects of the signal. When these time spikes are
then
introduced across the body as pulsed voltages, they are modulated
directly
on the dendrite firings of the brain and nervous system, providing
direct
and pulsed modulation of the neutrnic and mind field component channels
of the mind brain consciousness life loop itself. Thus the neurophone
directly
inputs information into the brain and nervous system, bypassing all the
normal sensory systems that lie between the mind brain loop and outside
environment.
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Excerpt from Flanagan's book Pyramid Power
(8th Edition, 1980)
Chapter 3
Authors Background, The Neurophone
In 1958, when I was fourteen years old, a close friend of mine,
Lou
Macko, a television repairman in Houston, Texas told me of a most
unusual
phenomenon. He told me of a device that would transmit sound to the
brain
without using the ears.
The description of the device had been given to him by a complete
stranger
when he had visited Chicago. The device consisted of two copper mesh
scrub
pads with wires attached to them. The pads were placed in a pair of
plastic
bags to act as insulators. The wires were then connected to the high
voltage
side of an audio output transformer which was connected back to back
with
the output of an ordinary record player.
The result is shown in the figure.
The voltage from the Hi Fi was stepped up a bit and applied to the
pads.
If the pads were placed on the skin of the head in the vicinity of the
temples, one would "hear" the sound from the Hi Fi as if it were coming
from within the head itself.
The item at that time had no practical advantage as it was
extremely
distorted. A good deal of the sound seemed to be missing as if it were
cut off.
I researched at the library and discovered the phenomenon was
known
as far back as 1800 and was discovered by Volta. It was called
electrophonic
hearing. It was believed that the phenomenon was merely the action of
the
muscles being electrically stimulated and affecting the bones in the
ear
by means of minute muscle vibration.
I examined the signal from the device by oscilloscope and
discovered
the sound came through in a blast when the transformer was overloaded
and
produced a sharp spike or ringing on the wave form. I soon discovered
that
the real information was coming through only when this effect occurred.
This explained why only parts of the music and voice came through.
I reasoned that the true carrier of information was a radio signal
due
to the oscillation produced by shock excitation of the combined circuit
of the transformer and the parallel tuned circuit formed by the
electrodes
and the human body. I started experimenting with the unit using a high
frequency oscillator of my own design and discovered a resonance in the
circuit around 40,000 cycles per second. I soon found that the resonant
frequency would change abruptly with emotions and general body changes.
The capacitance of the electrodes, therefore the dielectric constant of
the skin, changed abruptly from the slightest outside stimulus. The
dielectric
constant of the skin would change by several orders of magnitude in a
fraction
of a second! After preliminary measurement of parameters, I designed
the
original Neurophone which is illustrated in my patent on the device.
(#3,393,279)
The device was essentially a high voltage frequency modulated
radio
transmitter of low power. Its frequency was adjustable to correct for
changes
of resonance. The original unit was hand adjustable. Later units were
automatically
tuned for maximum resonance.
The addition of the resonant radio carrier wave made the
difference.
The sound from the device was fantastic, like sound from another world.
The normal frequency response of the ear was extended beyond normal
boundaries
and there was no distortion.
I began experimenting with a number of people who were considered
to
be totally nerve deaf, that is, they were unable to hear anything, even
with what is known as bone conduction. The results were spectacular.
People
who had not heard in years were now hearing sounds they only dreamed of
ever recapturing. A patent was applied for, and my research continued.
The press learned of my discovery and articles appeared on the
front
pages of 300 newspapers, and it was picked up by news syndicates and
international
magazines around the world. LIFE did an article in Sept 14, 1962 page
69,
72. The results were as spectacular as the discovery. We received
hundreds
of thousands of letters from all over the world. Letters came from as
far
away as Tasmania addressed only to Pat Flanagan, Inventor, Texas,
U.S.A.
The U.S. Postal service did a spectacular job in getting the mail to
the
right party.
There were many Neurophone discoveries not made public. On
occasions
the device stimulated perfect telepathic contact between one or more
persons,
often with startling results. These telepathic incidents were kept
under
wraps for fear of ridicule.
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As a result of his research, Dr Flanagan has designed the ideal
meditation
environment. This environment is a special room shielded from
electromagnetic
pollution. In this room are placed: an ERG (earth resonance generator),
Ion Generator (caution-some ion gen produce pollution as well), an 8HZ
pulsating high voltage field (sync to the ERG), and a Neurophone.....
Patrick Flanagan's Neurophone --- Hope for the
Deaf
and Superlearning for All
by
Eddy Taylor
In 1958, Dr. Patrick Flanagan invented the Neurophone in Bellaire,
Texas
when he was 14 years old. This electronic device transmits sound
through
the skin, by-passing normal hearing. A family friend who was a patent
attorney
for Shell Oil, helped Patrick submit a patent application. The patent
examiners
thought that this was just sound transfer through bone conduction and
refused
to issue a patent for 12 years. In a rare meeting in 1970, the patent
office
agreed to examine the Neurophone for themselves and meet Patrick and
his
attorney. They both encountered a surprise. The examiner had a deaf
employee
attend the meeting to test the device. The man was totally nerve deaf
in
one ear and almost totally deaf in the other. Patrick showed him how to
use the Neurophone and played a record of the famous Maria Callas
singing
an opera. As he was able to hear the undistorted beauty of her voice,
the
tears of joy streamed down his face.
For the first time in history the Patent Office reopened a file
after
it was officially closed and Patrick Flanagan received United States
Patent
Number 3,393,279. Prior to this, scientists thought that sound could
only
be perceived by the inner ear to the brain.
A Houston Post reporter had a relative who was nerve deaf from
spinal
meningitis. A test was arranged and when the device worked, an
explosion
of news coverage resulted in the story being carried on the
international
wire services.
How the genie was lost ~
In an agonizing infringement, a Defense Intelligence Agency sealed
the
patent and a national security order forbade Patrick from working on,
or
even talking about this invention. After many years and nearly 300
inventions
later, Patrick received the Neurophone for public use. In a triumphant
court case, the secrecy and the seizure of the device, by the
Government
Agency, was overruled and the genie was out of the bottle!
Electronic hearing and telepathy ~
To quote Patrick's Neurophone article in Nexus Magazine-Feb/March
1994,
"All hearing aids stimulate tiny bones in the ear. In order for bone
conduction
to work, the cochlea or inner ear that connects to the 8th cranial
nerve
must function. People who are nerve deaf cannot hear through bone
conduction
because the nerves in the inner ear are not functional. A number of
nerve
deaf people who have had the entire inner ear removed by surgery have
been
able to hear with the Neurophone.
The Neurophone is really an electronic telepathy machine. Several
tests
prove that it bypasses the 8th cranial nerve or hearing nerve and
transmits
sound directly to the brain. This means that the Neurophone stimulates
perception through a 7th or Alternate Sense!"
The Texas home of the Neurophone ~
The Neurophone became publicly available on a broad scale for the
first
time in July, 1996. An international Health Products company is now
distributing
the Neurophone. This corporation is based in Dallas, Texas and was
established
in 1976. A digitally computerized model is now being developed by
Patrick
and his wife Gael Crystal in their laboratory in Sedona, Arizona.
Turning on our neurophysiological potential for health,
knowledge
and awareness ~
One of the last statements by Nikola Tesla, inventor of
alternating
current, the radio and holder of well over 1,000 patents, was that he
regretted
not having done more in the science of electromedicine. In 1962,
Patrick
predicted that electromedicine would revolutionize conventional health
care. One of the relatively unknown, silent revolutions has already
taken
place in the form of blood and lymph cleansing devices. These simple,
yet
powerful, electronic devices have been popularized by Bob Beck,
physicist
and bio electronic researcher and Hulda Clark, N.D.
In 1990, a remarkable discovery was made by Steven Kaali, MD and
William
Lyman, associate Professor of Pathology at Einstein College of Medicine
in N.Y.C. It was shown that a minute current (50-100 micro amperes) can
alter outer protein layers of the HIV virus and prevent it's attachment
to receptor sites. (Science News March 30, 1991, pg. 207). The viruses
loose the ability to make an enzyme crucial to their reproduction. This
process may also reverse Epstein Barr (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome),
Hepatitis
and Herpes B. Responsible users of this technology who are HIV
positive,
may expect a Negative P24 surface antigen or PCR test (no more HIV
detectable
in blood) after 30 days. A simplified version of this unit now makes
self
help feasible. The potential to clean and potentize the blood banks of
the world with this instrument is truly staggering. Bob Beck's Sept. 96
Explore Magazine Article notes a study on the life span of blood cells
sealed under cover slips on microscope slides. While the average life
of
"normal" blood is about 4 days; blood cells treated with a mild
microcurrent
live for well over a month!
This very mild charging of the blood does not harm blood cells.
Furthermore,
the applied physics of Eddy Current (Lenz's law) demonstrates the
neutralization
of a myriad of parasites, viruses, microbes and fungi. It is important
to realize that these organisms are critical co-factors, if not actual
carriers, regarding the multitude of new deadly contagious diseases
appearing
throughout the world.
These blood cleansing devices are safe, with intelligent use, have
been
around for decades, and seem to have a variety of other benefits. You
can
do your own research on the scientific evidence by scanning
(http:/www.electriciti.com/explore/Articles/Beck/HIVArticle.html).
Be aware that there are now customized, blood and lymph cleansing units
far better than Mr. Beck, Dr. Clark, and most others, describe and or
advertise.
The big turn off ~
By contrast, the HAARP Project, a giant array of microwave towers
in
Anchorage Alaska, may not exactly raise awareness and improve human
health.
It's billion plus watts of power can impact an entire nation or even a
complete hemisphere of the world. You may find the rest of the story
through
the writings of Nick Begich and other investigators. This brings new
meaning
to that old expression used in T.V. and Radio, "Don't touch that dial!"
Nick is a life long educator, native of Alaska, and has been featured
on
thousands of radio programs in the last 4 years. He also is perhaps the
most informed writer on the Patrick Flanagan story and the benefits of
the Neurophone.
Education Automation Vacation ~
Scientific experiments indicate that effects of the Neurophone
range
from super learning, long term memory speed learning, relaxation, pain
control and enhanced psychic abilities. The Neurophone's ability to
transfer
large amounts of information into long term memory may, alone, make the
current model of education obsolete. We could advance beyond the
problem
of information overload and actually emphasize values, goals, strategy
and a profound interdisciplinary approach to world problems. Positive
solutions
in an ever more complex world may themselves depend on the solution
offered
by the responsible use of the Neurophone.
Ma Bell ~
Studies on a special "head start" program, with pregnant women
using
the Neurophone have promising news. These women describe children with
marked intelligence. This neuro-networking seems actually to nurture
neuropathways
for the fetus.
Extra sensory perceptions ~
All organs of perceptions evolve from the skin of the child within
the
womb. Theoretically, the skin could perform all sense perception. In
Russia
blind people have been taught 'to see' with their fingertips. Deaf
people
in Czechoslovakia have been instructed 'to hear' with their fingertips.
Details on the Neurophone, super learning and electromedicine ~
The intricacies of how the Neurophone is constructed, along with
it's
bio-physical- interactivity, is provided in the book, Towards A New
Alchemy, by Nick Begich. For a broader background see Super-Memory:
The Revolution, by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder. The Explore
More Magazine's March/April 1996 article, 'The Skin, Our Fifth Sense'
is
a real eye opener. For a historical view of related research read Psychic
Discoveries Behind The Iron Curtain by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn
Schroeder.
A technical understanding of the bio-electronics of organisms in health
and disease, will be found in the book, The Body Electric-
Electromagnetism
and the Foundation of Life, by Robert O. Becker, M.D. and Gary
Selden,
(Quill Publisher).
Dolphin speak ~
In a curious parallel to Roxanne Kremer's work on interspecies
communication
with the Pink Amazon River Dolphins, Dr. Flanagan has made impressive
technical
contributions. In February, 1968, he applied for a patent on a device
for
translating human speech into dolphin language and vice/versa. This was
a result of studies with dolphins in the lagoon of a small island off
the
coast of Oahu, Hawaii. A vocabulary of 30 words was discovered before a
startling intervention. Six months after applying for the patent, it
was
placed under secrecy order #756, 124 by a U.S.Government surveillance
agency.
Five years later, another hard-fought legal battle rescinded the
suppression
and patent #3,647,970 was granted on March 7th 1972. This speech
processing
patent is actually used as the circuit in the present version of the
Neurophone.
The sound of the new millennium ~
"The Music of the Spheres and the Hemispheres", heard with the
assist
of the Neurophone, opens new doors for musicians and composers, as well
as educators and students of life in general. In what may be seen as
another
motif on Sonic Bloom-like-phenomena, some theories hold that it has the
potential for developing super plants and healing animals as well as
people.
Mind meld ~
Experiments with a Neurophone mind link between two or more people
seemingly
makes possible learning directly from the mind of another. And I
thought
this was only in the SCI FI domain of Star Trek's Mr. Spock and
certainly
beyond the ken of Dr. Spock. Nick Begich describes the phenomenon as an
electronic 'corpus collosum' between the minds of 2 people. The corpus
collosum is the semi-permeable bridge between the 2 hemispheres of an
individual's
brain.
The Neurophone and other gems ~
The Neurophone also causes both sides of the brain to pulse in
harmony
creating an environment which may be ideal for learning. Use of the
Neurophone
tends to balance all the acupuncture meridians. In the near future the
Flanagans will produce cassette tapes and CD's designed to be used only
with the Neurophone. The tapes will cover categories as varied as
Psychic
Center Stimulation to Subliminal Learning Programs.
Other Flanagan products include Crystal Energy, (ultra colloidals
---
each only 12 atoms wide --- of silica, magnesium, zinc, gold, silver,
and
titanium which have duplicated the structure and improved upon the
health
benefits of Hunza Water). The people of Hunza claim that their
longevity,
often living up to 130, stems primarily from their consumption of Hunza
water, also known as 'glacial milk'. This technology has also been used
to create what is truly the most unique spirulina, and other
supplements,
presently known.
A word to the wise: Winston Churchill said, "Most people
occasionally
stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue on as
if nothing had ever happened". If you sense you've encountered some
truths
in this article don't use them as stumbling blocks. They may be
stepping
stones to far higher truths, if you dare to care and share. Data in
this
article can be legally offered only as "theoretical"; and no medical
claims
can be made or implied. See your health professional...
US Patent # 3,393,279
US Cl. 179/107 (16 July 1968)
Nervous System Excitation Device
Gillis Patrick Flanagan
This invention relates to electromagnetic excitation of the
nervous
system of a mammal and pertains more particularly to a method and
apparatus
for exciting the nervous system of a person with electromagnetic waves
that are capable of causing that person to become conscious of
information
conveyed by the electromagnetic waves.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of
initiating
controllable responses of the neuro senses without applying pressure
waves
or stress waves to the ears or bones. Another object of this invention
is to provide a means of causing a person to receive an aural
perception
of the sound corresponding to the audio modulation of radio frequency
electromagnetic
waves that are coupled with the nervous system of the person. These and
other objects of this invention will be understood from the following
drawings
and description of the invention, wherein:
Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of one form of the
present
nervous system excitation device.
Figure 2 is a circuit diagram of one form of the present
nervous
system excitation device.
Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating one form of
field
generator adapted to be used with the device of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating another form
of
field generator adapted to be used with the device of Figure 1.
The present invention involves the discovery that certain
electromagnetic
waves induce responses in the nervous systems of mammals. In human
beings
a response is produced when some or all of a person’s nervous system is
placed within a field of electromagnetic carrier waves of such a
frequency,
the nervous system is responsive to the modulation of the carrier
waves.
Each individual nervous system is at least somewhat selective in
respect
to the frequencies to which it is most responsive. A frequency to which
the nervous system of a person is demonstratively responsive can be
determined
by varying the frequency of carrier waves that are modulated by an
information
signal, such as speech or music, and measuring the frequency of such
waves
that produce the sensation of hearing the sounds corresponding to the
modulating
signal.
In the method of the present invention, a response is initiated in
the
nervous system of a mammal by disposing at least a portion of that
nervous
system within a field of electromagnetic waves of a frequency above the
aural range. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, at least a
portion
of the nervous system of a person is exposed to audio modulated
electromagnetic
waves having a radio frequency such that the person experiences the
sensation
of hearing, substantially free of distortion, the information which is
conveyed by the audio modulation.
The present invention may be used as a hearing aid, as an aid to
teaching
speech to a person who was born deaf, as a means of communicating with
persons in locations in which the noise level is high, as a device by
which
a person can listen to an audio signal that cannot be heard by others,
etc.
As shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, in a preferred form of the
invention,
a field of electromagnetic waves is generated by a field generating
means,
such as a pair of electrodes 1. The electrodes 1 are preferably
electrically
insulated, for example by surrounding them with a suitable electrical
insulating
material 2, and are arranged to generate a field coupled with at least
a portion of the nervous system of a person, for example by being
placed
near or along opposite sides of a person’s head. The electrodes 1 can
be
placed in direct contact with the skin and the electrodes can be placed
on or near various portions of the body, such portions preferably being
near the spinal cord.
The electrodes 1 are electrically connected to a source of
modulated
electromagnetic waves inclusive of a radio frequency power amplifier
and
variable frequency oscillator, indicated in box 4, a source of audio
signal,
indicated in box 5, and a power supply for the signal source, modulator
and amplifier, indicated by box 6. The variable frequency oscillator 3
is preferably provided with a manual radio frequency control means,
indicated
by box 3a. Numerous forms of the components, indicated in boxes 3 to 6,
that provide suitable power and a source of modulated electromagnetic
waves
are presently known and the known devices can be suitably used as long
as they are arranged to produce a relatively high voltage output that
has
a radio frequency above the audio range and is capable of being
modulated
by an audio signal or other signal adapted to be conveyed by the
modulation
of electromagnetic waves of such a frequency.
The modulation can suitably be effected by means of either an
amplitude
or frequency modulation of such electromagnetic waves. These waves
preferably
have a frequency in the range of about 20 kilocycles per second to
about
200 kilocycles per second. The output of the source of modulated
electromagnetic
waves is preferably at least about 1 watt where the field generator
comprises
a pair of insulated electrodes placed on the head of a person. The
extent
to which a person is aurally perceptive to the output supplied at a
given
wattage is materially increased when at least one of the electrodes is
placed in electrical contact with the body of the person.
In a preferred mode of operating the apparatus shown in Figure 1,
the
electrodes 1 are placed on the sides of the head of a person. The
source
5 of audio signal is actuated to produce an audio signal corresponding
to sounds recognizable by that person, and source 3 of modulated
electromagnetic
waves is actuated to couple the waves with the nervous system of that
person.
When control 3A is adjusted so that the frequency of the modulated
waves
is a frequency to which his nervous system is particularly responsive,
the person to whom the field of such waves is applied has the sensation
of hearing the sounds corresponding to the audio signal substantially
free
of distortion.
In the circuit shown in Figure 2, a phase shift type of carrier
oscillation,
generally designated by dotted rectangle 7, with a frequency control,
generally
designated by rectangle 8, is arranged to produce electromagnetic
waves,
shown at A, a frequency ranging from about 20 to 200 kilocycles per
second.
The oscillator output is coupled through capacitor 9 to a radio
frequency
power amplifier, generally designated by a dotted rectangle 10.
Potentiometer
11, which is connected between capacitor 9 and ground, provides a means
of adjusting the input to the amplifier. Switch 12, which is connected
to the cathode of tube 13 of the amplifier, provides a means of
switching
between resistors 14 and 15 to vary the operating power characteristics
of the tube.
The output of amplifier 10 is connected to transformer 16 which is
coupled
back-to-back with transformer 17. This arrangement of transformers
provides
an inductive load such that the amplifier yields a high voltage output
is isolated from other components of the circuit. Resistor 18 connected
across the output side of transformer 17 serves to reduce any dangerous
voltage spikes which might be produced. The output side of transformer
17 is connected to a suitable field generator, which may comprise the
electrodes
1 surrounded by insulating material 2.
The output of amplifier 10 is amplitude modulated by means of the
modulator
generally designated by dotted rectangle 19. A fluctuating electrical
signal
B, preferably of audio frequency, is applied to the modulator by means
of input jack 20 and transformer 21. The output of the modulator varies
the screen voltage of tube 13 of the amplifier so that the modulation
envelope
of the current oscillations C produced across the load of tube 13
correspond
to the fluctuating signal B applied to the modulator.
Potentiometer 22 is connected to the cathode of tube 23 as the
cathode
resistor of tube 23. Potentiometer 22 is preferably adjusted so that
the
plate current of tube 13 of the amplifier so that the modulation
envelope
of the current oscillation C produced across the load of tube 13
correspond
to the fluctuating signal B applied to the modulator.
Potentiometer 22 is connected to the cathode of tube 23 as the
cathode
resistor of tube 23. Potentiometer 22 is preferable adjusted so that
the
plate current of tube 13 is about half its normal maximum value. The
fluctuating
signal
applied to modulator 19 is then adjusted to cause the plate current of
tube 13 to vary between the maximum and minimum values so that a large
current variation occurs in the load 16 of tube 13.
The apparatus shown in Figure 2 has been used to communicate
speech
and music to numerous persons including registered physicians. In these
uses the electrodes 1, in the form of circular disc covered by a
plastic
insulation 2, were placed against the sides of the heads of the
persons.
When the electromagnetic waves were adjusted to a frequency to which
persons
having normal hearing were selectively responsive, none of these
persons
perceived any sensations of hearing or experienced any discomfort when
no audio modulation was applied to the waves. When the waves were audio
modulated with a speech or music signal, none of these persons
experienced
any discomfort, but they each had the sensation of listening to the
transmitted
information and hearing it at least as clearly as they would hear such
information from an audible transmitter. When the same apparatus was
similarly
employed on a person whose hearing had been damaged to an extent
requiring
a hearing aid to hear normal conversation, that person heard the audio
signal (with this hearing aid disconnected) and heard music with a
better
fidelity than that obtainable with this hearing aid.
Figure 3 shows an arrangement for mounting the field generating
means
in a position such that a portion of a person’s nervous system may be
moved
into and out of coupling with the field at the will of the person. In
this
arrangement, electrodes 1 surrounded by insulation 2 are mounted in
vertical
alignment along the back of a seating device, such as chair 24. When a
person is seated and leaning back in the chair, portions of his nervous
system are brought into coupling relationship with the field produced
by
electrodes 1.
Figure 4 shows an alternative arrangement of the field generating
means.
In this arrangement, inductive coil 25 is connected to the output of a
suitable source of modulated electromagnetic waves and serves as a
field
generating means which is adapted to be placed around the head of a
person.
It is to be understood that the above embodiments and examples
have
been presented for descriptive purposes and that, within the scope of
the
appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than
specifically
illustrated and described.
US Patent # 3,647,970
US Cl. 179/1/5 (5 March 1972)
Method and Apparatus for Simplifying Speech
Waveforms
Gillis P. Flanagan
Abstract ~
A speech waveform is converted to a constant amplitude square wave
in
which the transitions between the amplitude extremes are spaced so as
to
carry the speech information. The system includes a pair of tuned
amplifier
circuits which act as high-pass filters having a 6 decibel per octave
slope
from 0 to 15,ooo cycles followed by two stages, each comprised of an
amplifier
and clipper circuit. For converting the filtered waveform to a square
wave.
A radio transmitter and receiver having a plurality of separate
channels
within a conventional single side band transmitter bandwidth and a
system
for transmitting secure speech information are also disclosed.
Background of Invention ~
This invention relates generally to electronic processing of
speech,
and more particularly relates to a method and system for simplifying
the
speech waveform to facilitate transmission of the speech throughout
various
media without materially degrading intelligibility.
In the process of producing human speech, the voice box creates a
series
of sound pulses which reverberate within and are shaped by the upper
throat
and mouth cavity. The frequency of the pulses produced by the voice box
primarily determines the frequency or pitch of the sound, while the
shape
of the mouth cavity reverberates and shapes the sound pulses to produce
the speech information. The resulting speech waveform is very complex
and
highly redundant. If such a waveform is passed through a band-pass
filter
having a bandwidth significantly less than 3000 cycles per second, the
speech becomes unintelligible. Thus, even the simplest voice
communication
channels require a substantial bandwidth. Heretofore it has been
commonly
believed that the speech information was contained in the amplitude as
well as the frequency modulation of the speech waveform, When voice
sounds
are induced in a body of water or the earth, the many reverberations
caused
by the various velocity discontinuities make speech unintelligible over
relatively short transmission lengths. Also, the complex speech
waveform
has made encoding or scrambling for secure transmissions, either by
electromagnetic,
electrical, or pressure waves, so impractical as to be very seldom
used.
Summary of Invention Claimed ~
This invention is concerned with a method and system for
simplifying
a complex speech waveform so that it can be used for a multitude of
applications.
The simplified speech waveform may be passed through a narrow band-pass
filter, thus permitting a greater number of communication channels
within
a given frequency band. The simplified speech waveform can be
transmitted
directly through the earth or water as a pressure wave and understand,
either directly from the medium, or after simple amplification. The
simplified
waveform can be easily encoded by scrambling to provide secure voice
communications.
The simplified may be sued to operate machinery, produces more
efficient
public address systems and transmitters with greater range peak power
for
a given average power, and thus longer ranges.
In accordance with the present invention, the speech waveform is
converted
to a signal having substantially constant upper and lower levels with
abrupt
transitions from one level to the other, the abrupt transitions being
in
time correspondence to amplitude changes in the speech waveform that
exceed
a predetermined rate of change. This is accomplished by a system
including
a high-pass filter and means for converting the filtered waveform to a
constant amplitude, substantially square wave.
More specifically, optimum results have been achieved by using a
filter
having a 12 decibel per octave slope from 0 to 15,000 cycles per
second.
In one specific embodiment, this filter is formed by a pair of tuned
amplifier
circuits each having a 6 decibel per octave slope within the frequency
range of interest. In this embodiment, the speech waveform is
preferably
combined with a high frequency noise masking signal of lower amplitude
prior to processing.
In accordance with another specific aspect of the invention, means
for
converting the filtered signal to a square wave comprises at least one
amplifier followed by a clipper circuit.
The invention also contemplates a voice communication system
having
a plurality of separate channels within a bandwidth normally allotted
for
a single frequency, for example four channels within a bandwidth of
1500
cycles per second. In this system the processes speech is selectively
passed
through one of a plurality of narrow band-pass filters to a
transmitter.
The receiver has similar narrow band-pass filters so as to be
selectively
sensitive to transmissions in that pass band.
In accordance with another specific aspect of the invention, each
transition
of the square wave is converted to a pulse of predetermined amplitude
and
width, which is then converted into a plurality of pulses with
predetermined
time spacing. These pulses are then transmitted to a receiver where the
plurality of spaced pulses are recombined as one pulse. The square wave
is then reproduced from the combined pulses.
Brief Description of the Drawings ~
The novel features believed characteristic of this invnetion are
ste
forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, as well as
other objects and advantages thereof, may bes be understood by
reference
to the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments, when
read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram of a system for
processing
a simplified speech waveform in accordance with the present invention;
Figure 2 is a detailed schematic circuit diagram of the
system
in Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of a multichannel
transmitter
in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram of a system for
transmitting
and receiving scrambled speech waveforms in accordance with the present
invention.
Description of Preferred Embodiments ~
Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to Figure 1, a
speech
processor in accordance with the present invention is indicated
generally
by the reference numeral 10. The speech waveform is applied to the
input
12 as a voltage signal derived from a microphone (not illustrated) or
other
suitable transducer. The speech waveform is summed with a much higher
frequency,
for example 50 KHz, masking signal produced by the signal generator 14.
This signal is passed through a pair of tuned amplifier circuits 16 and
18. Each of the circuits 16 and 18 is a high-pass filter having a 6
decibel
per octave slope from 0 to 15,000 cycles per second, thus providing a
combined
slope of 12 decibels per octave.
The filtered waveform is then passed through a circuit means for
converting
the filtered waveform to a square wave which is converting the filtered
waveform to a square wave which is comprised of a first high gain
amplifier
20, a first clipper circuit 22, a second high gain amplifier 24, and a
second clipper circuit 26. The square wave is then passed through power
amplifier 28 to the output in a form to drive a loudspeaker,
transducer,
radio transmitter or the like. When ultimately passed through a
speaker,
or other suitable transducer, the square wave is fairly intelligible.
The
square wave so produced has constant upper and lower levels, with very
abrupt transitions between the upper and lower levels as a result of
the
two stages of amplification and clipping. The transitions occur in time
correspondence to amplitude changes in the original speech waveform
applied
to the input 12 that exceed a predetermined rate of change so as to be
passed through the high-pass filters 16 and 18.
A detailed circuit diagram of the system 1o us shown in Figure 2
wherein
corresponding components are designated by corresponding reference
numerals.
Each of the components is of conventional design. The signal generator
14 has a variable load resistor 30 in the output stage which permits
the
amplitude of the masking signal to be adjusted to eliminate
oscillations
caused by noise. The amplitude of the masking signal should not be any
greater than is required to prevent oscillation to minimize
interference
with the processing of the speech waveform. The tuned amplifier
circuits
16 and 18 are of identical construction. Each is comprised of an
amplifier
having a differential input state 32 and a single output stage 34 which
drives a tuned filter circuit 36. The tuned amplifier circuits 16 and
18
are coupled by capacitor 38, which of course also comprises an element
of the filter. The amplifier 20 is identical to the amplifier portions
of the tuned amplifiers 16 and 18, and is coupled to the output of
tuned
amplifiers 16 and 18, and is coupled to the output of tuned amplifier
18
by capacitor 40. The clipper circuit 22 is merely a diode bridge to the
output of tuned amplifier 18 by capacitor 40. The clipper circuit 22 is
merely a diode bridge coupled to the output of amplifier 20 by
capacitor
42, followed by a filter comprised of capacitor 44 and resistor 46. The
output
of the clipper circuit 22 is coupled to the input of amplifier 24 by
capacitor
50. Amplifier 28 is identical to amplifiers 20 and 24 and is coupled to
the output of the clipper circuit 26 by capacitor 52.
In a typical embodiment of the circuit of Figure 2, the PNP
transistors
may be MPS3640 transistors, and the diodes may be IN914 diodes. The
resistors
have the following values in kilohms as referenced in circuits 16 and
22:
a = 33, b = 33, c = 10, d = 33, c = 0.33, f = 33, g = 10, h = 10, I =
10,
j = 100, k = 100, and m = 1.0. The capacitors are 10 microfarads,
except
for the capacitors in the LC tuned circuits which are 0.001
microfarads,
All coils are 10 millihenrys.
The high-pas filters 16 and 18 may be of any suitable conventional
circuit
design, and may be a resistor-capacitor filter, a shortened delay line
filter, or an inductor-capacitor filter, for example. The means for
converting
the filtered waveform to a square wave may also be any suitable
conventional
circuit such as a Schmidt trigger, or a very high gain amplifier which
quickly saturates.
A multichannel speech transmission system in accordance with the
present
invention is indicated generally by the reference numeral 60 in the
schematic
block diagram of Figure 3. In the system 60, the speech processor 10 is
selectively connectable to any one of four filters 62-65 by a selector
switch 66. The outputs of the filters 62-65 are connected to the input
of a conventional single side-band transmitter 68.
The filters 62-65 are narrow band-pass filters of any suitable
conventional
design having mutually exclusive pass bands of about 300 cycles
centered
at frequencies f1, f2, f3 and f4, and are grouped within a total
bandwidth
of about 1500 cycles, for example. Since 3000 cycles is a typical
bandwidth
for single side band transmitters operated for simple speech
transmission,
eight filters can be used if desired. The square wave produced by the
speech
processor10 may be selectively passed through any one of the narrow
band-pass
filters 62-65 without materially reducing its intelligibility.
The filtered square wave is transmitted by the
conventionaltrnamitter68
to a conventional single side band receiver 70.The output of the
receiver
70 is selectively connectable through filters 72-75 to a power
amplifier
78 by a selector switch 76.The filters 72-75 have corresponding
passbands
centered at frequencies f1, f2, f3, and f4. The amplifier 78 may drive
a speaker 80. Therefore, if the selector switch 76 of a particular
receiving
set 70 is set to the filter corresponding in frequency to the filter
selected
by switch 66 in the transmitter, the filtered square wave will be
reproduced
by the speaker 80 and will be sufficiently intelligible for nearly all
voice communication purposes. However, if the selector switch 76 of a
particular
receiver is set to another frequency filter, no sound is produced by
the
speaker 80. Thus, the transmission system of Figure 3 provides four
separate
voice channels within the frequency band of 1500 cycles, or eight
channels
in the 3000 cycle bandwidth conventionally allotted for single side
band
operation. Of course,itisto be understood that the particular radio
frequency
is merely illustrative of the broader concept of the invention and that
the same principles can be applied to transmissions through any media
by
electrical or electromagnetic waves.
A secure system for transmitting scrambled voice communications is
indicated
generally by the reference numeral 100 in Figure 4. Again the speech
processor
10 is used to generate the square wave as heretofore described., The
square
wave is then passed through a differentiator 102 which produces a sharp
spike pulse in time correspondence to each transition of the square
wave.
The sharp spike pulses have a polarity determined by the polarity of
the
transition and are therefore passed through a fullwave rectifier 104
which
converts all of the spike pulses to the same polarity. The spike pulses
are then used to trigger a single shot multivibrator 106 which produces
a pulse of predetermined amplitude and time width in response to each
spike
pulse. The uniform pulses from the single shot multivibrator 106 are
then
passed through an encoder 108 which produces a plurality of pulses of
corresponding
width in a predetermined timed sequence in response to each input
pulse.
This may easily be accomplished by a plurality of parallel delay lines
d0, d1, and d2 for transferring the pulses to point 110 at
predetermined
time intervals. The pulses are then amplified by an amplifier 112 which
drives a transducer 114. The transducer 114 may induce the pulses in
water,
in the earth, or in any other propagating medium. Or, if desired, the
transducer
114 can be replaced by a radio or other electromagnetic wave
transmitter.
The transmitted pulses are received by an appropriate receiving
transducer
116, which reproduces electrical pulses of corresponding width and
amplitude.
The received pulses are amplified by amplifier 118 and applied to a
decoder
120. The decoder 120 is comprised of an identical number of delay lines
of identical time relationship so that the three pulses are recombined
as a single pulse summation point 122. Each time that the three pulses
occur at the same point in time, the sum of the pulses exceeds the
threshold
of a detector 124 which triggers a flip-flop 126. The output of the
flip-flop
is then a reproduction of the square wave originally produced by the
speech
processor 10. This square wave is then amplified by amplifier 128 to
drive
a speaker 130 and produce the voice communication. Reproduction of the
voice communication can be accomplished only if the receiving decoder
matches
the transmitting encoder. The encoders and decoders can be easily
interchanged
in order to maintain secure transmissions.
Although preferred embodiments of the invention have been
described
in detail, it is to be understood that various changes, substitutions
and
alterations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and
scope
of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
[Claims not included here].
http://www.toolsforwellness.com/neurophone.html
This fascinating technology was developed in 1958
by
Patrick Flanagan. It was thought that sound was only heard by
the
inner ear; Flanagan, however, was able to demonstrate that the
brain
also hears sounds that vibrate on the skin.
To use this technology, you place the sensors on the forehead
under
a headband. Then plug the unit into your sound source, such as a CD
player.
The sensors cause your skin, the largest organ of the body, to vibrate
to the music you’ve selected, much like a speaker vibrates.
By bypassing the ear, you are using a completely different part of
the
brain to process the sound creating new neural pathways. This
technology
is great for concentration while studying, learning languages,
assisting
in “new sound perception” great for listening to music in a whole new
way,
helping with meditation, relaxation, and healing.
When you first put the sensors on your skin, you feel a vibration
and
can actually hear the sound of the music you’ve selected. You can put
the
sensors on any part of your body, not just the forehead.
Just by wearing the sensors, you will notice a dramatic mood shift
making
you more positive, and also a change in your brain power, producing
unwavering
focus! The ultrasound it produces sends high frequency sound waves and
their harmonics beyond the hearing threshold to the brain. It is these
high frequency sounds that actually energize the brain, giving you more
energy and focus. For music lovers, the clarity of the sound will
astound
you.
There are two products using this technology available, the
Neurophone
and the Echofone. Here are the differences:
Neurophone
Portability makes it useful for: Listening to lectures in the
classroom
~ Using at work for powerful focusing ~ Focusing at sporting events
Echofone
Stereo Transducers makes it useful for: Serious musicians learning
music
~ Music afficianados to experience incredible listening pleasure Sound
therapy utilizing binaural beat frequencies
The
Neurophone operates on an internal rechargeable
battery making
it completely portable, not requiring a plug. The internal pink sound
generator
makes it easy to use on-the-go because you don’t need to plug it into a
CD player.
The Echofone works in a similar manner, however is not portable.
It
is ideal however for music appreciation having a convenient control
panel
allowing you to easily mix the vibration intensity of the sensors with
the volume intensity of the headphones.
www.neurophone.com
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http://home.dmv.com/~tbastian/files/cochlea1.txt
Another Look at the Neurophone
by
Rick Andersen
( 6/21/97 ) Freely distributed for informational purposes
Dr. Pat Flanagan's Neurophone, in its several versions, has been
the
subject of intense interest to many experimenters. Later embodiments of
his device appear to be based on the observation that our neural
systems
are set up to receive and decode external stimuli as sharp, transient
spikes
which represent a conversion of smoothly-varying analog sound pressure
waves into time-coded "digital" nerve impulses. The associated
propagation
delays most likely do with sound what our TV screens do with
serially-sequenced
video waveforms: Convert them into a spatial distribution across the TV
screen as a picture (sound waves encoded spatially across the brain
cortex
as a spatio-temporal pattern). The Neurophone is a first attempt at
performing
this complex conversion from frequency- to time-domain.
The idea of reducing full-fidelity speech/music into a
differentiated,
time-ratio coded version has many potential applications such as:
* Compression of audio or other analog signals
* Artifical cochlea for "androids"
* Alternative sensory stimulus ("hearing" through the skin) a la
Neurophone
* Induction of information to the brain without contact (e.g.,
sharply-pulsed
magnetic fields around the head such as Persinger's work
After reading the many files available on the Neurophone's history
and
many embodiments, as well as building a few experimental circuits
myself,
I've come to the conclusion that the simple
"clipper/double-differentiator"-type
circuit, as described by Tom Bearden in his book "Excalibur Briefing",
is lacking as an effective way to convert sound to time-coded pulses,
for
the following reasons:
All sound waveforms (other than pure sine waves) are complex
superpositions
of several frequencies -- fundamentals and their harmonics, if they're
periodic (pitched) sounds. The "tone color" is heavily dependent upon
the
relative amplitudes of the harmonics vs. the fundamental frequency.
Vowels, or diphthongs, in spoken language, are essentially very
specific
bandpass-filtered spectra. The vocal cords produce a harmonic-rich,
raspy
buzz, analogous to a sawtooth or pulse wave as seen on an oscilloscope.
The mouth and nasal cavities act as resonators to selectively filter
the
buzz from the voice box into recognizable vowel sounds. "Fricatives"
such
as the "ssss" sound are unpitched bursts of air, "filtered" through the
teeth, lips, etc. Fricatives contain many high frequencies clustered
around
6-9 KHz, whereas a male voice is usually pitched (fundamental) around
200
Hz.
To run such a waveform into a clipper or squaring amplifier
(comparator,
Schmitt trigger) would be to take a very crude zero-crossing detection;
the frequency with the largest amplitude is the fundamental... the
higher
harmonics "ride" upon it... so the fundamental is the frequency that
gets
to "call the shots" with the zero-crossing detector. So out comes a
square
wave, switching up or down through zero only at the grossest points of
change along the waveform. We've already "hacked off" most of the
"details"--
the information contained in the upper harmonics.
Now if we differentiate, and then "double-differentiate" this
clipped
wave, we will get narrow pulses which "track" the edges of the original
complex sound wave ONLY WHERE IT CROSSED THROUGH ZERO on the scope. The
problem is, we've clipped all the good stuff -- the harmonics -- off,
and
lost much of the information in the process. The speech now sounds like
a person talking through a "kazoo" -- amusing, but not very useful.
How do we make square waves, and then narrow pulses
(differentiated),
out of a complex wave in such a way as to preserve DETAILED variations
(upper harmonics)?
INTEGRATE, COMPARE, DIFFERENTIATE, and SUM
The method I am outlining here is a result of my own brainstorming
on
the problem; if I have stepped on anyone's feet by re-inventing your
ideas,
my apologies, but rest assured that I'm not looking for patent rights,
just circuit functionality. Maybe I've discovered Flanagan's REAL
method???...
First, we need to appreciate the fact that there are millions of
neurons
doing their thing in our auditory system, not just a few. Accordingly,
I'm going to outline a simple circuit that will produce time-coded
spikes,
but I'm recommending that several of the circuit modules be built and
chained
together SEQUENTIALLY (analog sections), with their differentiated
SPIKE
outputs all SUMMED together and perhaps clipped as a group so that
there
is one amplitude for them all, but varying repetition rates -- sort of
like Pulse-Position Modulation but more complex. This is the output
that
will connect to the piezo skin transducers after suitable
amplification.
The cochlea has many, many neurons working on a serial sound
"stream"
at the same time. Some are positioned "up front" where the sound enters
from the outside, some are down the trough a ways, and some are located
at the far end. As such, there is a built-in time delay, or acoustic
propagation
delay, from one end of the membrane to the other. Carver Mead at
Cal-Tech
has attempted to model this by means of a series of transconductance
amplifiers
wired as simple delays with carefully-calibrated frequency "damping"
per
section.
My version models this with a simple R-C lowpass filter
(integrator)
and an op amp (buffer) per module. The first stage or module will have
the highest cutoff frequency, approximately 5 KHz, and will set the
resolution
limit of the system. The output of the buffer, which reproduces the
slightly
low-pass filtered (and DELAYED) version of the original audio signal,
goes
on to the input of the next module.
The next module's R-C filter has a slightly lower cutoff
frequency,
say, 3 KHz. And so on, down to maybe 200 Hz. (Probably best to taper
the
cutoff frequencies LOGARITHMICALLY for economy and accuracy.)
Back to the first module, which had the highest cutoff frequency
of
the chain of modules we're building up... say, about 5KHz:
Across the series resistor forming part of our RC filter, we tap
off
two wires and run them into a comparator (op amp with no feedback
resistor...
= squaring amplifier). The input side of the resistor (before being
low-pass
filtered) goes to the (+) input of the comparator; the other lead of
the
resistor (which connects to the filter cap and then to the buffer
input)
goes to the (-) input of the comparator.
The comparator, therefore, constantly compares the two versions of
the
audio waveform at its terminals: the unfiltered/undelayed input vs. the
filtered/delayed output side of the RC filter. When the input
side
is rising in amplitude, and exceeds the delayed output side, the
comparator
switches its output logic HIGH; when the input signal amplitude dips
down
below the delayed signal amplitude, the comparator switches LOW. THIS
PRODUCES
A VERY PRECISE "PEAK-CROSSING" DETECTOR WHICH TENDS TO SWITCH AT THE
+/-
PEAKS OF A SINE WAVE, rather than at the zero-crossings at the middle
of
the waveform.
Now we run this squared-off comparator output into a
DIFFERENTIATOR
--- a series cap (about .001uf) and a resistor to ground (10k) -- which
hi-pass filters the square wave into sharp spikes having approximately
a 10 uS time constant, nice and short. We have now generated a series
of
bipolar spikes whose position, relative to one another over time, is a
function of the DIFFERENCE of amplitudes and phases of two slightly
different
copies of the original incoming sound wave.
A similar mechanism has been discovered within the retinal cells
in
the eye. Carver Mead has reproduced this one, too. I.e., a retina cell
"computes" the [logarithm of the] DIFFERENCE between what it "sees" and
what its immediate neighbors see -- and it tries to inhibit their
outputs,
producing automatic EDGE DETECTION which can be thought of as spatially
high-pass filtering a visual scene; the result is that CHANGING
brightnesses
are emphasized. Play with a kitten and you'll notice a direct
proportion
between how fast you pull the yarn past its visual field and how badly
the kitten feels it "has to" pounce on it. And frogs tend to ignore
everything
except quickly-moving black spots (flies) across its visual field.
This is likely the mechanism of neural coding by which we hear,
also
(or something like it). Living things tend to respond to CHANGES in
sensory
stimulus; long, monotonous stimuli lead to neural shutdown (boredom
-->
sleep) as any school teacher can tell you.
My version of Flanagan's Neurophone preserves several
frequency-bands
worth of harmonic information... but as time-domain spikes just as
Flanagan
says we need. And we don't hack the most interesting stuff off the top
with this approach, like we do with simpler versions.
Source page
http://www.rexresearch.com/flanagan/neuroph.htm#pyrpower
