DARPA invests in nonsurgical neurotechnologies for eventual use in healthy human subjects

By SharpBrains | March 21, 2018

___ Non­sur­gi­cal Neur­al Inter­faces Could Sig­nif­i­cant­ly Expand Use of Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy (DARPA News): “Over the past two decades, the inter­na­tion­al bio­med­ical research com­mu­ni­ty has demon­strat­ed increas­ing­ly sophis­ti­cat­ed ways to allow a per­son­’s brain to com­mu­ni­cate with a device, allow­ing break­throughs aimed at improv­ing qual­i­ty of life, such as access to com­put­ers and the inter­net, and more…

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Cognitive Enhancement via Magic Pills? likely not soon

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 23, 2009

Excel­lent Sci­en­tif­ic Amer­i­can cov­er sto­ry: Tur­bocharg­ing the Brain–Pills to Make You Smarter? “Will a pill at break­fast improve con­cen­tra­tion and memory—and will it do so with­out long-term detri­ment to your health?” Their answer, in short: not real­ly, not any­time soon. I could­n’t agree more. Let’s pay real atten­tion to non-inva­­sive options to aug­ment cog­ni­tion, from exer­cise to…

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