Posts Tagged ‘Thync’
Will consumer-led transcranial direct current stimulation revolutionize or hurt mental health?
. Therapy Borne on Electrical Currents (The New York Times): “…This is Thync, the latest in transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS. The manufacturer says the device, to come out later this year, can alter the user’s mood in minutes via electric current
Read MoreOpen question: Can coffee & Ritalin’s mental effects be delivered, safely, over a smartphone?
. Will 2015 be the year our smartphones link up to our brains? (Popular Science): “Thync bills itself first and foremost as a neuroscience company. Its sole product—slated for release later this year—is a smartphone-controlled wearable device that will allow the user to actively alter his or her brain’s electrical state through transcranial direct current…
Read MoreNext: Dealing with opportunities and challenges from mood-altering consumer wearables
. CES: what would blow your mind — brain-zapping headset or smart kettle? (Financial Times): “A three-year-old start-up called Thync wanted to strap a prototype of its brain-zapping headset to my temples, with the intention of altering my mood. As wearable devices go, it sounded a refreshing change from
Read MoreTop 14 Brain Fitness News in 2014: Research, Assessments and Training
Unless you live in a cave, you are well aware of all the growing interest in–and controversies around–the topics of brain fitness and brain training. A little perspective may help separate the signal from the noise. Take a minute to think about the early years of the physical fitness movement. It took decades of conflicting research and confusing…
Read MoreStart-up Thync raises $13 million to market transcranial stimulation via consumer wearable
— Thync gets $13 million to send electric currents to your brain (SFGate): “Thync, a Los Gatos startup, is working on a wearable that’s a little different from most: it would send fine electric currents through the brain to alter users’ state of mind…some venture capitalists are on-board with the unusual vision: on Wednesday, it…
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