Neurogaming

Next week in San Francisco: Experiential Technology and NeuroGaming Conference

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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, [Read more…] about Next week in San Fran­cis­co: Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Conference

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

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-- Incidence rate of dementia per 1,000 person years in CFAS I and CFAS II by age at baseline interview. Natural scale. Source: Study below
– Inci­dence rate of demen­tia per 1,000 per­son years in CFAS I (twen­ty years ago) and CFAS II (now) by age at base­line inter­view. Source: Study linked below.

 

 

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:

New thinking:

New tools:

 

Final­ly, thank you very much to the 191 reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants in our very stim­u­lat­ing April 21st vir­tu­al lec­ture. You should already have received access to the full record­ing and oth­er mate­ri­als, but please con­tact us if you have any problem.

Have a great month of May!

The Sharp­Brains Team

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

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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, [Read more…] about May 17–18th @ San Fran­cis­co: Expe­ri­en­tial Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­roGam­ing Conference

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

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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 immer­sive expe­ri­ence. [Read more…] about Next: How can vir­tu­al reality–while going mainstream–be used to pro­mote cog­ni­tion and experience?

Neurotech to become pervasive within and beyond the medical domain

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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. [Read more…] about Neu­rotech to become per­va­sive with­in and beyond the med­ical domain

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

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– Nielsen, Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Medtron­ic, Microsoft and Brain­lab emerge as lead­ing IP holders

Pervasive Neurotechnology Infographic 430wide

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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 indus­try: non-inva­sive, poten­tial­ly ubiq­ui­tous neu­rotech­nolo­gies, com­mer­cial­ly viable out­side major med­ical insti­tu­tions or research facilities.

“Through this report’s wide and deep analy­sis, Sharp­Brains has made anoth­er key con­tri­bu­tion to our under­stand­ing of the tools and tech­nolo­gies that are at the fore­front of the glob­al neu­rotech­nol­o­gy indus­try, and at the fore­front of tech­nol­o­gy over­all,” high­lights Zack Lynch, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor and Founder of the Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Indus­try Orga­ni­za­tion.

Over the past two years [Read more…] about First-ever Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Report finds 10,000+ Patent Fil­ings Trans­form­ing Med­i­cine, Enter­tain­ment and Business