The job of therapy cats is to be with, play, and provide warmth at the end of life for patients. However, Oscar is not like other feline friends. As commented by the staff at Steele House: “Oscar is not a friendly cat, he often avoids, sometimes hisses at people when he wants to be alone. .” When he was 6 months old, Oscar began to appear strange powers. Like a messenger of bad news, Oscar has the ability to clearly determine who is about to be picked up by death. Usually about two days before a patient’s death, Oscar would leave his preferred locations and walk through the building’s hallways, visiting individual patients but never staying long. Dr. Dosa said: “ When someone is not ready to die, the cat will walk away. It won’t be in their room until the day they die. Sometimes it will be in the patient’s room up to 4 hours in advance. But usually it only appears about 2 hours before they take their last breath .” Oscar’s way of signaling was to jump into bed, lying next to a patient who was too weak to ward off it. Soon after, the patient takes his last breath. Up to now, more than 100 cases have been correctly predicted by Oscar, helping Oscar become a famous “cat of death” in the US media from 2007 to 2010. And there was only one death without Oscar’s presence. Not because the cat was unpredictable or inattentive, but because a relative of the patient asked to have the cat removed from the hospital bed. However, even when taken out, Oscar still had strange reactions. The cat scratched the front door, meowing. Apparently he wanted to stay in his room and wasn’t happy about being kicked out. Despite the possibility of death, Oscar was not hated at all. In contrast, staff at Steele House often closely observe the cat’s movements to contact the patient’s family soon. Many people were able to meet their loved ones at the last minute. Most of them are grateful to Oscar. Some even praised Oscar’s actions, saying that the cat was trying to get close to and bring warmth to the patients in the moment before saying goodbye to the world. At Steere House, there are currently 25 letters from the patient’s family to thank the cat. Some experts put forward scientific theories to explain this phenomenon. According to them, it is likely that Oscar’s action was simply to alert nurses and medical staff to the patient’s current condition. For example, with a dying person, the frequency of activities and movements in the room will be more (the reason is that medical staff often have to pay attention and follow up). Oscar may very often go to the bedside of a sick person, simply because he senses something unusual. In the animal kingdom, many species have the ability to sense and respond to signals that are difficult to detect around. In the case of Oscar, if the cat keeps wandering around the rooms, the possibility of contact with many people, including the dying patient is quite high and as such, this is just coincidental, accidental. . However, many people disagree with this interpretation. Previously, there was an interesting study that showed that dogs are animals that can detect cancer and some other diseases, although the success rate is not high. Although they do not have extrasensory abilities, instead, their super-sensitive nose helps detect subtle signs of disease that appear during the body’s response to disease. Like dogs, Oscar also has the same ability to smell. The chemicals secreted by the body when dying will trigger a response, but it is not obvious because countless other mixed odors in the hospital such as flowers, food, medicine, cleaning solutions, etc. have masked the “smell” the scent of death”. Until now, the story of the cat Oscar has not been clearly explained by science, so many people still believe that this cat really has the ability to “foretell” about death.

In their paper in the journal IEEE Trans Transaction on Biomedical Engineering, the team presented the results of trials on two men with spinal cord injury aged 35 and 63. The system works by connecting a signal generator on the user’s head to an electrode relay in the cortex, through the connection port like wired systems. From there, the tester can move, click and type on the computer keyboard with his or her brain. Transmitter connects to a relay located in the brain cortex, helping people to use wireless computers. Photo: BrainGate. In the test, both candidates were able to achieve typing speed and click accuracy on par with a wired system. At the same time, they can use the system continuously for up to 24 hours at home. “The signals are recorded and transmitted with the same fidelity as a wired system, meaning we can use the same decoding algorithms that we have,” said John Simeral, who leads the team. used with conventional wired equipment ”. “The only difference is that we are no longer physically tied to the devices, which opens up new possibilities for future research,” Simeral added. “With this system, we are able to look at brain activity at home, over the long term, in a way that was previously almost impossible,” said Leigh Hochberg, another team member. This gives us more opportunities to create algorithms that allow people with paralysis to move and work. ” According to the Mashable, The aforementioned study is a significant step forward in the field of neural communication, in which the human brain is directly connected to the computer. Recently, big names in the tech world like Facebook and Elon Musk have also expressed interest in this area. Simple device is placed on top of research candidate. Photo: Radiofiji. In 2020, Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink introduced a pig named Gertrude, with a computer chip implanted in the brain. Or, as before, in 2021, the company also succeeds in implanting a chip into the monkey brain so that the animal can play video games. However, Brown University’s first human study demonstrates that the technology can be used wirelessly, and it wouldn’t be surprising if we find wearable devices that allow people with disabilities to communicate with them. continue and work better in the future.