Next week in San Francisco: Experiential Technology and NeuroGaming Conference

By SharpBrains | May 9, 2016

—– Quick reminder: Sharp­Brains’ IP Ana­lyst Nikhil Sri­ra­man will mod­er­ate a fas­ci­nat­ing ses­sion –Val­i­dat­ed Neu­roW­ell­ness: A New Fron­tier– at the Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Con­fer­ence, May 17–18th (see pro­mo code below, if you want to reg­is­ter). Pan­el descrip­tion: Well­ness dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy prod­ucts that claim to improve our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al health, 

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Update: Dementia rates in the UK significantly lower than forecasted, highlighting the protective role of lifestyle and education

By SharpBrains | April 27, 2016

    Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ eNewslet­ter, full of fas­ci­nat­ing brain stud­ies and emerg­ing think­ing and tools for life­long men­tal health and per­for­mance. Hap­py read­ing! New research: Demen­tia rates in the UK sig­nif­i­cant­ly low­er than forecasted–especially for men–highlighting the pro­tec­tive role of lifestyle and edu­ca­tion Sys­tem­at­ic evi­dence review finds cog­ni­tive behav­ioral ther­a­py as effective…

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May 17–18th @ San Francisco: Experiential Technology and NeuroGaming Conference

By SharpBrains | April 12, 2016

—– Heads-up: Sharp­Brains’ IP Ana­lyst Nikhil Sri­ra­man will mod­er­ate the ses­sion Val­i­dat­ed Neu­roW­ell­ness: A New Fron­tier at the upcom­ing Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Con­fer­ence (see pro­mo code below, if inter­est­ed). Pan­el descrip­tion: Well­ness dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy prod­ucts that claim to improve our cog­ni­tive and emo­tion­al health, 

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Next: How can virtual reality–while going mainstream–be used to promote cognition and experience?

By SharpBrains | May 11, 2015

. Vir­tu­al real­i­ty star­tups take users to anoth­er dimen­sion (CCTV Amer­i­ca): “Vir­tu­al real­i­ty has tak­en a leap for­ward this year with major com­pa­nies and numer­ous star­tups offer­ing tech­nolo­gies that take users to anoth­er dimen­sion. It’s actu­al­ly part of a grow­ing field called neu­rogam­ing – where all the sen­sa­tions of mind and body meet for an…

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Neurotech to become pervasive within and beyond the medical domain

By SharpBrains | May 7, 2015

. Brain tech­nol­o­gy patents soar as com­pa­nies get inside peo­ple’s heads (Reuters): “From ways to eaves­drop on brains and learn what adver­tise­ments excite con­sumers, to devices that alle­vi­ate depres­sion, the num­ber of U.S. patents award­ed for “neu­rotech­nol­o­gy” has soared since 2010, accord­ing to an analy­sis released on Wednesday.

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First-ever Pervasive Neurotechnology Report finds 10,000+ Patent Filings Transforming Medicine, Entertainment and Business

By SharpBrains | May 6, 2015

– Nielsen, Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Medtron­ic, Microsoft and Brain­lab emerge as lead­ing IP hold­ers . San Fran­cis­co, CA– (May 6, 2015) – Sharp­Brains, the lead­ing mar­ket research firm track­ing applied neu­ro­science, unveiled today–at the 2015 Neu­roGam­ing Summit–a new 206-page report that, for the first time, ana­lyzes the major intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty trends in the Per­va­sive Neurotechnology…

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