Scientists working on "sex chip"

Imagine being able to turn your sex drive on and off.  Scientists are working on just such a possibility.  Not only may you be able to turn on or off your sex drive but other brain functions may be alterable as well.

The Telegraph reported that a sex chip has actually been developed and was used successfully.  The chip was so successful that the female recipient of the sex chip, went from lack of interest to a very active sex drive.  Her sex drive was increased to the point she decided to have the chip removed.  Can you be too successful?

Essentially electrodes are implanted in the orbitalfrontal cortex.  The pleasure center of the brain associated with pleasure from eating and sex.  Before you decide to run out and have the chip implanted…in your spouse, you need to know

that the current technology, which requires surgery to connect a wire from a heart pacemaker into the brain, can cause bleeding and is “intrusive and crude”.

Sounds a bit like a bad lobotomy.

The technology has been used to treat Parkinson’s Disease and in the future this technology could be used to treat a wide variety of disorders.  Within 10 year it is expected that the technology will be more subtle and give the implantee more control.  For instance, deep brain stimulation would be possible in more areas of the brain with the ability to turn the chip on and off and even control the power of the stimulation.

Unlike Viagra or Cialis or any of the other “male enhancement” drugs that have hit the market in the past several years, the sex chip is not yet ready for mass marketing and implantation.

However a version of the sex chip is under development by a North Carolina doctor.  Rather than stimulating the brain, the doctor is working on stimulating the spinal cord to spark pleasure in women.

Again, neither of these technologies is ready for prime time yet although these electronic therapies are under development and may actually be available within the next decade.

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