By: SharpBrains
Quick heads-up about a timely conference taking place late next week.
What: This year the conference is completely devoted to virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies and behavioral change, exploring the application of immersive technologies for treating and researching addictions, ADHD, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, pain, depression, psychosomatic illness and more.
Where: Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305
When: October 6–7th, 2017
–> To Learn More & Register, please click HERE.
The Conference in Context:
By: SharpBrains

– Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848
Today we are sharing a key 2009 patent, assigned to Stanford University, that enables the stimulation of deeper structures of the brain without overwhelming superficial structures that are not the focus of treatment. (As mentioned, we are featuring a foundational Pervasive Neurotech patent a day, from older to newer by issue date)
U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848: Robotic apparatus for targeting and producing deep, focused transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Assignee(s): Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Inventor(s): M. Bret Schneider, David J. Mishelevich
- Technology Category: Transcranial Stimulation
- Issue Date: April 21, 2009
SharpBrains’ Take:
The ‘848 patent discloses techniques for stimulating deeper structures of the brain without overwhelming superficial structures that are not the focus of treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
By: SharpBrains
The Office of Technology Licensing is responsible for the management of intellectual property assets at Stanford University, where neuroscience researchers have produced multiple pervasive neurotech patents that pertain mostly to cognitive state monitoring and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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By: Alvaro Fernandez
Just a quick heads-up to the SharpBrains community: we are wrapping up a comprehensive market report on Pervasive Neurotechnologies (non-invasive, scalable, potentially ubiquitous). To learn when it becomes available, keep tuned via our e-Newsletter.
See below, in alphabetical order, a few of the organizations to be profiled in the report, given their relevant intellectual property portfolios (primarily patents). Read the rest of this entry »
By: SharpBrains
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Scientists to Stanford: Research Shows Brain Exercises Can Work (Press release):
“A group of 127 scientists sent an “open letter” to the Stanford Center for Longevity, today, in reaction to a recent statement by the center that was highly critical of the emerging science of brain training and derogated the efficacy of all brain exercises…The letter is signed by 127 doctors and scientists, many of whom are luminaries in the field of neuroplasticity – the discipline that examines the brain’s ability to change. Signatories include members of the National Academy of Sciences, members of the Institute of Medicine, Read the rest of this entry »