Neurotech, neuroethics and brain data in context: Are “neurorights” the way to mental privacy?

By The Conversation | August 10, 2023

Neu­rotech­nolo­gies – devices that inter­act direct­ly with the brain or ner­vous sys­tem – were once dis­missed as the stuff of sci­ence fic­tion. Not any­more. Sev­er­al com­pa­nies are try­ing to devel­op brain-com­put­er inter­faces, or BCIs, in hopes of help­ing patients with severe paral­y­sis or oth­er neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders. Entre­pre­neur Elon Musk’s com­pa­ny Neu­ralink, for exam­ple, recent­ly received…

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Collecting neuro-response data via wearable electroencephalography (EEG) headsets to personalize the presentation of stimuli: Key neurotech patent by Nielsen

By SharpBrains | May 31, 2017
stimulus material

Today we are shar­ing a 2013 patent by The Nielsen Com­pa­ny. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to help pre­view emerg­ing neu­rotech­nolo­gies and brain health solu­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,392,251: Loca­tion aware pre­sen­ta­tion of stim­u­lus mate­r­i­al Assignee(s): The Nielsen Com­pa­ny Inventor(s): Anan­tha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight, Ramachandran…

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Evaluating neural responses via EEG brain data in virtual reality environments: Key neurotechnology patent by The Nielsen Company

By SharpBrains | May 23, 2017
virtual reality

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent by The Nielsen Com­pa­ny, rel­e­vant both for con­sumer research and for home health solu­tions. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,392,250: Neu­ro-response eval­u­at­ed stim­u­lus in vir­tu­al real­i­ty envi­ron­ments Assignee(s): The Nielsen Com­pa­ny Inventor(s): Anan­tha Pradeep, Robert T. Knight,…

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Want a music system that lifts you up when you’re feeling down? Meet this audio headset with bio-signal sensors (key neurotech patent #48)

By SharpBrains | May 18, 2017

— Today we are fea­tur­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent by Neu­roSky, cou­pling an audio head­phone set sys­tem with EEG sig­nal detec­tion. U.S. Patent No. 8,271,075: Audio head­set with bio-sig­­nal sen­sors Assignee(s): Neu­roSky, Inc. Inventor(s): Cheng‑I Chuang, KooHy­oung Lee Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: EEG Issue Date: Sep­tem­ber 18, 2012 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘075 patent cou­ples an audio head­phone set sys­tem with EEG…

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Augmenting physiotherapy via neurofeedback and neurostimulation: Key neurotechnology patent #43

By SharpBrains | April 25, 2017
therapy control

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent from Medtron­ic.  (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing 50 foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,121,694: Ther­a­py con­trol based on a patient move­ment state Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc. Inventor(s): Gre­go­ry F. Mol­nar, Steven S. Gill, Kei­th A, Miesel, Mark S. Lent, Tim­o­thy J. Deni­son, Eric J.…

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Next: Will brain sensors be able to infer the mental state of a person–and, for example, identify sarcasm in a message?

By SharpBrains | April 18, 2017

Today we high­light a thought-pro­­vok­ing patent by Intel­lec­tu­al Ven­tures. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents–from old­er to new­er by issue date–to gain a glimpse into future appli­ca­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215: Acqui­si­tion and par­tic­u­lar asso­ci­a­tion of infer­ence data indica­tive of inferred men­tal states of author­ing users Assignee(s): The Inven­tion Sci­ence Fund I, LLC (Intel­lec­tu­al Ventures)…

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