New Science Channel show HACK MY BRAIN—Featuring Scientific American MIND’s Illusion Chasers!
Todd Sampson is an advertising exec in Australia. An average Joe, who, like the rest of us, wants to be super human . So he's enlisting scientists all over the world to hack his brain and make him, smarter, faster, and more creative.
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See us in the premiere of HACK MY BRAIN on the Science Channel on Friday, September 19, 2014, 8-11pm ET/PM.
Todd Sampson is an advertising exec in Australia. An average Joe, who, like the rest of us, wants to be super human. So he’s enlisting scientists all over the world to hack his brain and make him, smarter, faster, and more creative.
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In our labs we show him a little bit of neuromagic. Come check it out this Friday!
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