Posts Tagged ‘electroencephalography’
Key take-aways from the 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
. Take-aways from 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (Neurotech News): “In November (17th-19th) SharpBrains held its Virtual Summit about “Monitoring & Enhancing Brain Health in the Pervasive Neurotechnology Era.” The SharpBrains Virtual Summit is, as you might guess, a virtual (online) conference…The virtual summit had it’s own division of topics for grouping the different speakers (see…
Read MoreTrend: A growing toolkit for brain training and brain enhancement
Can Electric ‘Brain Training’ Devices Make You Smarter? (Fortune): “If there were a system or a product that could make you, say, 10% smarter, you’d buy it in a second, right? That’s been the promise of the “brain training” field… Now, faster than the current coursing through your cerebellum, the field is burgeoning into what could…
Read MoreChallenge: How to spur meaningful, targeted & safe adoption of emerging neurotechnologies
A cap that treats depression? Check the science before getting excited (The Guardian): “Yesterday, an article in the Entrepreneurs section of the Guardian purported to reveal a “cloth cap that could help treat depression”. This claim has caused some alarm in the neuroscience and mental health fields, so it’s important to look a little more…
Read MoreCNS Response ranked #21 Holder of Pervasive Neurotech Intellectual Property*
. CNS Response is a cloud-based outcomes-sharing platform for EEG data. The purpose of the platform, named PEER (Psychiatric EEG Evaluation Registry) is to improve treatment decisions for psychiatric conditions by referencing the thousands of outcomes from previous trial instances.
Read MoreNext: Translating brain activity signals into driving and other computer-assisted interactions
. The car powered by your MIND: BMW i3 navigates a track using nothing but its driver’s brain waves (Daily Mail): “Controlling cars with your mind may sound like something from a science fiction film but this futuristic idea has just become a reality. Experts have modified a BMW i3 electric car so it can be driven…
Read MoreNeuroscience 2.0: Taking the lab to the people by gathering collective EEG brain data
. ‘Wearable for the mind’ launches new era of brain research (Electronic Products & Technology): “Neuroscientists in Toronto have shown that crowdsourcing brain research to hundreds of participants in a short period of time could be a new frontier in neuroscience and lead to new insights about the brain
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