Posts Tagged ‘Food and Drug Administration’
Next: FDA-cleared mobile brain monitoring tools to detect cognitive impairment
___________ FDA Has Cleared New Cognitive Screening Tests (Alzforum): “The Food and Drug Administration recently cleared, meaning it deemed safe, two tests that may help doctors screen for cognitive decline. One is the so-called Cognision system from Neuronetrix, a company based in
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 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…
Read MoreMaker of cognitive training game seeks FDA approval
Good brief article at New Scientist, Maker of cognitive training game seeks FDA approval: — “Imagine walking away from a doctor’s office with a prescription to play a video game. Brain Plasticity, the developer of a cognitive training game, has begun talks with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the game as a therapeutic drug.”…
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