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DARPA Funds Ambitious Brain-Machine Interface Program (IEEE Spectrum):
“DARPA’s Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program has awarded funding to six groups attempting to build brain-machine interfaces that match the performance of implanted electrodes but with no surgery whatsoever. [Read more…] about Six DARPA-funded research teams aim at revolutionizing noninvasive brain-machine interfaces
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Neurotechnology Startup NextMind Secures $4.6 Million (press release):
“NextMind, a fast-growing neurotechnology startup developing a groundbreaking, noninvasive, AI-based brain-computer interface geared to the mass market, announced today it has raised $4.6 million in funding to bring its direct brain command solution to technology integrators and game developers in 2019 [Read more…] about Trend: Growing investment behind non-invasive, AI-based brain-computer interfaces
Imagine a free annual brain check-up — who should take it, and how could it help prevent/ delay/ treat cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Imagine your smartphone can detect early signs of depression or Parkinson’s Disease — would you like to know? Who else should know … or not know?
Imagine a videogame cleared by the FDA to treat ADHD or substance abuse — how will doctors prescribe it, patients access it, and insurers pay for it?
Imagine being responsible for the health & wellness of 100,000 people — how will you help them navigate interventions such as breathing/ exercise/ meditation/ apps/ biofeedback/ tDCS to regulate stress?
Imagine investing $100 million in startups developing noninvasive, digital neurotechnologies — where, and how, will you find great opportunities to generate financial and social returns?
The 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (February 26–28th, 2019) will feature over forty of the world’s top experts, innovators and investors aiming to improve brain health and performance for all in light of growing neuroscience and digital tech.
Learn More and Reserve your Spot HERE
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DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters (IEEE Spectrum):
“Until now, the neuroscience programs at DARPA, the mad science wing of the Department of Defense, have focused on technologies for warfighters who have returned home with disabilities of the body or brain. For example, programs have funded research on prosthetic limbs that are wired into the nervous system and brain implants that could treat post-traumatic stress disorder.
But the way the military fights wars is changing, and so must DARPA’s priorities [Read more…] about DARPA paving the way for a future brain-based Internet
Imagine a videogame cleared by the FDA to treat ADHD, depression, or substance abuse — how will doctors prescribe it, patients access it, and insurers pay for it?
Imagine a free “annual brain check-up” — what may it look like, and how can it lead into personalized interventions to improve function and prevent/ delay/ treat cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Imagine being responsible for the health & wellness of a million people — how will you educate them to navigate most-likely-to-help interventions, such as breathing/ exercise/ meditation/ apps/ biofeedback/ tDCS to regulate stress?
Imagine investing $100 million in startups developing noninvasive, digital neurotechnologies — where, and how, will you find great opportunities to generate financial and social returns?
The 2018 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 4–6th, 2018) will feature over forty of the world’s top experts, innovators and investors aiming to improve brain health and performance for all in light of growing neuroscience and digital tech.
Learn More and Reserve your Spot HERE
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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 recently control of a prosthetic limb.
The state of the art in brain-system communications has employed invasive techniques that allow precise, high-quality connections to specific neurons or groups of neurons. These techniques have helped patients with brain injury and other illnesses. However, these techniques are not appropriate for able-bodied people. DARPA now seeks to achieve high levels of brain-system communications without surgery, in its new program, Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3). [Read more…] about DARPA invests in nonsurgical neurotechnologies for eventual use in healthy human subjects
