This interesting post was sent to the vortex list;
"Normally, people are not able to sense the presence of very high
10-1,000 mG magnetic fields; however, extremely high levels exceeding
100 Gauss (100,000 mG) will cause a temporary visual flickering
sensation called magnetophosphenes which disappears when the field is
removed. "
from: http://www.mnsinc.com/emf/pub7.html
I've never heard of this -- anyone know of other refs to the "effect"?
What causes it? Magnetic distortion of synaptic transmissions?
......
There was a company who made goggles which fit over the eyes...by
pressing on your eyelids you can produce flashes perceptible to your
vision. It was basically a dot matrix printer arrangement with many
small padded effectors to push against the eye to form patterns.
I always thought this was far too dangerous, risking damage to the eye
for visual entertainment...I'll pass....I'd take DMT and talk to the
elves before doing that to my eyes.
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