Top Brainnovations harnessing Big Data: WEKIT, Sapien Labs, MyndYou

By SharpBrains | February 16, 2018

? Top Brain­no­va­tion har­ness­ing Big Data (full record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here). The three Final­ists were: WEKIT — Wear­able Expe­ri­ence for Knowl­edge Inten­sive Train­ing – pitch by Paul Lefrere, Inno­va­tion Lead Sapi­en Labs (WINNER) – pitch by Tara Thi­a­gara­jan, Founder & Chief Sci­en­tist Myn­dY­ou – pitch by Shi­ra Yama Nir, Project Man­ag­er Judged by: Bill Tuck­er, Senior Advi­sor to the K12 Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram at the Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion; Eduar­do Briceño, CEO and Co-founder…

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WEKIT, Sapien Labs, MyndYou: Top Brainnovations harnessing Big Data

By SharpBrains | January 3, 2018

Top Brain­no­va­tion har­ness­ing Big Data (record­ing requires reg­is­tra­tion; view slid­edeck above or Here). The three Final­ists were: WEKIT — Wear­able Expe­ri­ence for Knowl­edge Inten­sive Train­ing – pitch by Paul Lefrere, Inno­va­tion Lead Sapi­en Labs (WINNER) – pitch by Tara Thi­a­gara­jan, Founder & Chief Sci­en­tist Myn­dY­ou – pitch by Shi­ra Yama Nir, Project Man­ag­er Judged by: Bill Tuck­er, Senior Advi­sor to the K12 Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram at the Bill & Melin­da Gates Foun­da­tion; Eduar­do Briceño, CEO and Co-founder of Mind­set Works; John…

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Harnessing Big Data to improve Brain Health & Performance @ 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 29, 2017

_____ Quick heads-up:  The 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit next week (Decem­ber 5–7th) will host a Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test to dis­cuss the lat­est tech­nolo­gies for Brain Health & Enhance­ment, and 12 select­ed star­tups will get to pitch their inno­v­a­tive approach and solu­tions to our dis­tin­guished Judges –our very own “Sharp Tank”– and to all Sum­mit participants.

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14 new Speakers, including Rutger’s April Benasich and EMOTIV’s Olivier Oullier, at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th)

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 15, 2017

Proud to announce excel­lent addi­tions to the stel­lar Speak­er Ros­ter at the upcom­ing 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th). As direc­tor of the Infan­cy Stud­ies Lab­o­ra­to­ry at the Rut­gers Cen­ter for Mol­e­c­u­lar and Behav­ioral Neu­ro­science,  Dr. April Bena­sich’s research focus­es on brain devel­op­ment in infan­cy and early…

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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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5 Facts You Need To Know To Understand, Navigate And Enjoy The Digital Brain Health Revolution

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 12, 2017

— Hun­dreds of com­pa­nies around the globe, now includ­ing Elon Musk’s Neu­ralink and even Face­book,  are research­ing and devel­op­ing new ways to help brain own­ers be smarter, sharp­er, and health­i­er. What explains this flur­ry of activ­i­ty? Where may it be head­ed? To help you under­stand what’s going on, let me high­light five key facts that emerged…

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