The future (of Brain Health & Enhancement) is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 20, 2017

_____ “The future is already here — it’s just not very even­ly dis­trib­uted” — William Gib­son Last week we asked the ques­tion, Have you ever used–for your­self or for others–technologies or prod­ucts that you think would fall into the cat­e­go­ry of brain enhance­ment? a) If Yes, what did you use and what lessons learned can you…

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Dr. Anna Wexler to discuss the Present and Future of DIY Brain Enhancement at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 8, 2017

_____ Proud to con­firm that Dr. Anna Wexler, a sci­ence writer, film­mak­er and post­doc fel­low in advanced bio­med­ical ethics at the Depart­ment of Med­ical Ethics & Health Pol­i­cy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia, will dis­cuss the Present and Future of DIY Brain Enhance­ment (espe­cial­ly brain stim­u­la­tion modal­i­ties such as tDCS) at the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Virtual…

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News: 12 Finalists named to take part in the Brainnovations Pitch Contest (December 6th, 2017)

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 6, 2017

Proud and excit­ed to announce the 12 ground­break­ing star­tups that will get to pitch their idea and solu­tions at the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test on Decem­ber 6th, host­ed dur­ing Day 2 of the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th). These are the 12 select­ed Final­ists, togeth­er with their sum­ma­ry ele­va­tor pitch. Please join us in cel­e­brat­ing their work…

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The landscape of brain health innovation: 130 experts and pioneers in 18 countries (and counting)

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 3, 2017

Just a quick update on how reg­is­tra­tion stands for the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th). We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pio­neers and prac­ti­tion­ers are reg­is­tered to par­tic­i­pate. 95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address…

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Join 107 Brain Health & Enhancement Pioneers in 15 Countries (and counting)

By SharpBrains | October 13, 2017

_______________ Just a quick update on how reg­is­tra­tion stands for the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th). We are proud to report that, so far, 107 experts, pio­neers and prac­ti­tion­ers are reg­is­tered to par­tic­i­pate. 82 seem to be based in the US and 25 abroad (based on IP address dur­ing reg­is­tra­tion); with the fol­low­ing coun­try breakdown:

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