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Could You Transfer Your Consciousness To Another Body?
Consciousness has been defined as “individual awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations and environment.”
Your own unique consciousness lives in a series of brain cells, or neurons, which, when fired in certain patterns, cause you to recall memories and emotions – even smells and sounds.
Scientists in Austria have created an artificial leg which allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their foot. Sensors fitted to the sole of the artificial foot stimulates nerves at the base of the stump. The lead scientist said “The sensors tell the brain there is a foot and the wearer has the impression that it rolls off the ground when he walks.”
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The Norwegian Tourist Who Fell Asleep On An Airport Baggage Belt
Rome’s Fiumicino Airport security procedures were under fire after a drunk Norwegian tourist fell asleep on a baggage belt and travelled 160 feet before being identified by an X-ray scanner. The unnamed 36-year-old arrived at the international terminal of Italy’s busiest airport in 2012 with a backpack and a can of beer in his hand.
The Norwegian was due to check in for a flight to Oslo. When he found no one on duty at the airline desk, he leapt across the counter and fell into a deep asleep on the baggage belt with his bag beside him.As the belt began to move the unsuspecting tourist reportedly travelled for 15 minutes through the secure baggage area in Terminal 3 before officials spotted his body curled up in a fetal position in an X-ray image on their monitors. He slept through the whole episode and airport police had trouble waking him when they were called to the scene to investigate what had happened. (Source)
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Six-year-old Robert and ten-year-old Michael read the newspaper announcing that their parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, have one more day to live. New Jersey. June, 1953. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple who were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951. They were put to death in the electric chair.
Protective Face Mask, United Kingdom, 1917-1918
Masks like this one were worn by British crews in tanks during the First World War. The leather mask is shaped to fit around the eyes and nose and the chain mail was used to protect against splinters from explosions as the tank came under fire.
Life inside these primitive vehicles would have been extremely uncomfortable as well as dangerous. Tanks were introduced in 1916 but were initially slow, difficult to manoeuvre and had little firepower. (Source)