Do you want an easy adaptable transcranial magnetic stimulator? It might be possible in the (near) future. At OpenStim you can read about an open source rTMS stimulator. The WIKI has two goals:

1. Create a community that designs the core technology for a safe, highly functional, inexpensive, efficacious noninvasive transcranial magnetic stimulator (TMS) device for stimulating the central nervous system.

2. Facilitate experimentation and exchange of ideas, on the topic of modulation of brain function in a variety of people and contexts, so that we can learn more about the neural circuits mediating our subjective experiences, and improve mental functions (aka hacking your brain).

Another question that came to my mind about (r)TMS was whether you need to be a physician (MD) in the Netherlands to apply (r)TMS.  You need to be a physician to apply electroconvulsive therapy (dutch). But does (r)TMS belong to that category? And how about Magnetic Seizure Therapy?

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