Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries by Jonathan Eisen

Author:Jonathan Eisen [Eisen, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9780895298096
Google: elIhBQAAQBAJ
Publisher: Aware Journalism
Published: 1999-12-13T22:00:00+00:00

SPECTRO-CHROME THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM

The

Neurophone

Patrick Flanagan and Gael-Crystal Flanagan

In the early 1960s, while only a teenager, Life magazine listed Patrick Flanagan as one of the top scientists in the world. Among his many inventions was a device he called the Neurophone—an electronic instrument that can successfully programme suggestions directly through contact with the skin. When he attempted to patent the device, the government demanded that he prove it worked. When he did, the NSA (National Security Agency) confiscated the Neurophone. It took [Flanagan] years of legal battle to get his invention back.

When I was fifteen years old, I gave a lecture at the Houston Amateur Radio Club, during which we demonstrated the Neurophone to the audience. The next day we were contacted by a reporter from the Houston Post newspaper. He said that he had a relative who was nerve-deaf from spinal meningitis and asked if we might try the Neurophone on his relative. The test was a success. The day after that, an article on the Neurophone as a potential hearing aid for the deaf appeared and went out on the international wire services.

The publicity grew over the next two years. In 1961, Life magazine came to our house and lived with us for over a week. They took thousands of photographs and followed me around from dawn to dusk. The article appeared in the 14 September 1962 issue. After that, I was invited to appear on the I've Got a Secret show hosted by Gary Moore. The show was telecast from the NBC studios in New York. During the show, I placed electrodes from the Neurophone on the lower back of Bess Meyerson while the panel tried to guess what I was doing to her. She was able to "hear" a poem that was being played through the Neurophone electrodes. The poem was recorded by Andy Griffith, another guest on the show. Since the signal from the Neurophone was only perceived by Bess Meyerson, the panel could not guess what I was doing to her.

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