Cumulus Neuroscience raises $8.3M to develop EEG-based wireless ‘Fitbit for the brain’

Belfast-based Cumu­lus rais­es €6.9m for its ‘Fit­bit for the brain’ (The Irish Times): … For­mer­ly known as Brain­Wave­Bank, the com­pa­ny has devel­oped a wire­less elec­troen­cephalo­gram (EEG) head­set and pro­pri­etary soft­ware plat­form that use advanced ana­lyt­ics and machine learn­ing to mea­sure cog­ni­tive fit­ness. “This fund­ing will allow us to build on the ground-break­ing advances we have made…

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Navigating the Brain Research Landscape

Out­smart­ing Smart Tech­nol­o­gy to Reclaim our Health and Focus from Sharp­Brains Let us share this slid­edeck sup­port­ing an impor­tant ses­sion at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here. 8.45–10.15am. Nav­i­gat­ing the Brain Research Land­scape Dr. Peter White­house, Pro­fes­sor of Neu­rol­o­gy at Case West­ern Reserve Uni­ver­si­ty Dr. Nir…

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Bill Gates announces $50 million investment to fight Alzheimer’s Disease

_____ Why I’m Dig­ging Deep Into Alzheimer’s (Bill Gates): “In every part of the world, peo­ple are liv­ing longer than they used to. Thanks to sci­en­tif­ic advance­ments, few­er peo­ple die young from heart dis­ease, can­cer, and infec­tious dis­eases. It’s no longer unusu­al for a per­son to live well into their 80s and beyond. My dad will…

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