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Neurotech start-up Ctrl-labs raises $28M to reinvent human-computer interactions

February 25, 2019 by SharpBrains

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Ctrl-labs rais­es $28 mil­lion from GV and Alexa Fund for neur­al inter­faces (Ven­ture Beat):

“Ctrl-labs, a New York start­up that’s devel­op­ing a device capa­ble of trans­lat­ing elec­tri­cal mus­cle impuls­es into dig­i­tal sig­nals, today announced that it has raised $28 mil­lion in a fund­ing round led by GV, Google’s ven­ture cap­i­tal arm, [Read more…] about Neu­rotech start-up Ctrl-labs rais­es $28M to rein­vent human-com­put­er interactions

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Ctrl-labs, digital signals, electrical muscle impulses, electromyography, human-computer interactions, neural interfaces, neurotech, TensorFlow

What will neurotechnology look like just one or two decades ahead?

November 13, 2018 by SharpBrains

Cred­it: Uni­ver­si­ty of Nottingham

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Will it be about a new gen­er­a­tion of portable brain scan­ners that can sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er the price of research, like the one being devel­oped by researchers at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Not­ting­ham and Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege Lon­don in the UK?

Or will it be about sophis­ti­cat­ed neur­al inter­faces, like the ones the US mil­i­tary is work­ing on, to change the ways our minds inter­act with the world around us?

Or, per­haps, will it be about inex­pen­sive, data-rich approach­es to detect pat­terns in your smart­phone usage and detect men­tal health and brain dis­or­ders in their ear­ly stages — such as what Mind­Strong Health, Neu­raMetrix and oth­ers are already doing?

–> Con­tin­ue read­ing We need to rethink neu­ro­science. And you can help us, over at the World Eco­nom­ic Forum.

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain disorders, brain scanners, Mental-Health, neural interfaces, Neurotechnology, smartphone usage

Are you familiar with these research findings and technologies revolutionizing Brain & Mental Health?

October 30, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Try adding 3 and 8 in your head.

That was easy. Now, try­ing adding 33 and 88. That was prob­a­bly more dif­fi­cult. Final­ly, try adding 333 and 888.

Time for Sharp­Brains’ Octo­ber e‑newsletter, this time dis­cussing a range of research find­ings and tech­nolo­gies rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing brain and men­tal health.

New thinking about cognition, brain and mind:

  • Study sug­gests the real deficit under­ly­ing Atten­tion Deficit Dis­or­ders is not Atten­tion, but Work­ing Mem­o­ry (and this is why we asked you try adding 333 and 888…)
  • Johns Hop­kins study shows how brain train­ing, if cor­rect­ly tar­get­ed, can enhance cog­ni­tive and brain performance
  • We bet­ter train the mind as we train the body: with cross-train­ing and in good company

Emerging toolkit for brain health & enhancement:

  • Next: Brain scans to iden­ti­fy chil­dren at high risk of devel­op­ing mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis (MS) before symp­toms appear
  • Tran­scra­nial Direct Cur­rent Stim­u­la­tion (tDCS) can reduce fatigue in patients with Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis (MS)
  • Aus­tralian neu­rotech firm rais­es $4m to devel­op neu­ro­feed­back-based head­band aimed at help­ing kids with autism relax and bet­ter engage

News about the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5–7th):

  • Neu­ro­engi­neer­ing pio­neer Ran­dal Koene to dis­cuss neur­al interfaces
  • Meet 40 Experts and Inno­va­tors shap­ing Brain Health & Enhance­ment on Decem­ber 5–7th
  • Reminder: the Brainnova­tions Pitch Con­test is accept­ing sub­mis­sions until tomor­row Octo­ber 31st, 11 PM US Pacif­ic Stan­dard Time. We are look­ing for star­tups world­wide, found­ed no ear­li­er than 2012, for-prof­it or non-prof­it, work­ing on ways to har­ness brain research and emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies to help every per­son thrive in the dig­i­tal age.
  • Check out the lat­est Agen­da & Register

And finally, a couple of fun brain teasers to start the week of the right foot:

  • Which direc­tion is the bus going?
  • The Emp­ty Triangle

 

Have a great month of November!

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Brain Teasers, Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: attention-deficit-disorders, attention-deficits, brain, Brain Teasers, Brain-health, brain-performance, brain-scans, brain-teaser, Brain-Training, cognition, cognitive, mind, multiple-sclerosis, neural interfaces, neuroengineering, Neurofeedback, neurotech, tDCS, Transcranial-direct-current-stimulation, Working-memory

Neuroengineering pioneer Randal Koene to discuss neural interfaces at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

October 24, 2017 by Alvaro Fernandez

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Proud to announce one great addi­tion to the incred­i­ble Speak­er Ros­ter for the upcom­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th).

Dr. Ran­dal Koene is the Lead Sci­en­tist at Ker­nel, a $100-mil­lion-fund­ed start-up build­ing advanced neur­al inter­faces to treat dis­ease and dys­func­tion, illu­mi­nate the mech­a­nisms of intel­li­gence, and extend cog­ni­tion. A neu­ro­sci­en­tist and neu­ro­engi­neer, [Read more…] about Neu­ro­engi­neer­ing pio­neer Ran­dal Koene to dis­cuss neur­al inter­faces at the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Summit

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: carboncopies.org, extend cognition, intelligence, Kernel, neural interfaces, neuroengineering, Randal-Koene

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