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Tuesday in Washington, DC: The Neurotechnology Revolution

September 28, 2015 by SharpBrains

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The Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Revolution

Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 29, 2015   12–1.30pm

A col­lab­o­ra­tion between

Potomac Insti­tute for Pol­i­cy Stud­ies and SharpBrains

 

Descrip­tion: Rev­o­lu­tions in neu­rotech­nol­ogy will soon influ­ence every aspect of human life. Neu­rotech­nol­ogy can be used to fur­ther under­stand the nat­ural process­es of the brain, study and treat neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders and injuries, and enhance neur­al capa­bil­i­ties, result­ing in increased human intel­li­gence and effi­ciency. Out­side of the realm of health, it can be used in social con­texts to improve over­all qual­ity of life. [Read more…] about Tues­day in Wash­ing­ton, DC: The Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Revolution

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-performance, health, innovation, market-report, neu­rotech­nol­ogy, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, report, revolution, sharpbrains, trends

Upcoming seminar about The Neurotechnology Revolution in Washington, DC (September 29th)

September 15, 2015 by SharpBrains

neurotech

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The Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Revolution

Tues­day, Sep­tem­ber 29, 2015   12–1.30pm

A col­lab­o­ra­tion between

Potomac Insti­tute for Pol­i­cy Stud­ies and SharpBrains

 

Rev­o­lu­tions in neu­rotech­nol­ogy will soon influ­ence every aspect of human life. Neu­rotech­nol­ogy can be used to fur­ther under­stand the nat­ural process­es of the brain, study and treat neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders and injuries, and enhance neur­al capa­bil­i­ties, result­ing in increased human intel­li­gence and effi­ciency. Out­side of the realm of health, it can be used in social con­texts to improve over­all qual­ity of life. [Read more…] about Upcom­ing sem­i­nar about The Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Rev­o­lu­tion in Wash­ing­ton, DC (Sep­tem­ber 29th)

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-performance, health, innovation, market-report, neu­rotech­nol­ogy, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, report, revolution, sharpbrains, trends

Report: Revolutions in neurotechnology will soon influence every aspect of human life

August 31, 2015 by SharpBrains

Trends in Neurotechnology August 2015Cen­ter for Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Stud­ies Announces Release of Trends in Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy August 2015 (Potomac Insti­tute for Pol­i­cy Studies):

“Rev­o­lu­tions in neu­rotech­nol­o­gy will soon influ­ence every aspect of human life. Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy can be used to fur­ther under­stand the nat­ur­al process­es of the brain, study and treat neu­ro­log­i­cal dis­or­ders and injuries, and enhance neur­al capa­bil­i­ties, result­ing in increased human intel­li­gence and effi­cien­cy. Out­side of the realm of health, it can be used in social con­texts to improve over­all qual­i­ty of life.”

To learn more:

  • Down­load 28-page report Here (free; opens PDF)
  • Info­graph­ic on Per­va­sive Neurotechnology
  • 2015 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Mon­i­tor­ing & Enhanc­ing Brain Health in the Per­va­sive Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Era (Novem­ber 17–19th, 2015)

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, health, neural capabilities, neurological, Neurotechnology, Potomac Institute, quality-of-life, trends

Stimulating Minds, Stimulating Links

December 8, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

Just a quick note to announce a new Sil­ver Spon­sor of the Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, and link to a cou­ple stim­u­lat­ing online conversations.

iftf-logoThe Insti­tute For the Future is an inde­pen­dent, non­prof­it strate­gic research group with more than 40 years of fore­cast­ing expe­ri­ence. The core of our work is iden­ti­fy­ing emerg­ing trends and dis­con­ti­nu­ities that will trans­form glob­al soci­ety and the glob­al mar­ket­place. We pro­vide our mem­bers with insights into busi­ness strat­e­gy, design process, inno­va­tion, and social dilem­mas. Our research spans a broad ter­ri­to­ry of deeply trans­for­ma­tive trends, from health and health care to tech­nol­o­gy, the work­place, and human iden­ti­ty. The Insti­tute for the Future is locat­ed in Palo Alto, California.

I have been col­lab­o­rat­ing infor­mal­ly with IFTF projects for a few years, and it is excit­ing to col­lab­o­rate on the upcom­ing Sum­mit and relat­ed work.

Now, two stim­u­lat­ing links:

1) Ency­clo­pe­dia Bri­tan­ni­ca Blog is host­ing an online con­ver­sa­tion on Mul­ti-task­ing:

“Mul­ti­task­ing” remem­ber when that was some­thing com­put­ers did? They were sup­posed to do it for our ben­e­fit, to make our lives eas­i­er, but some­how it has­n’t quite worked out that way. With fast com­put­ers, the Inter­net, and smart phones in our pock­ets, today we’re always teth­ered to The Net­work, and some­times it seems we’re doing its bid­ding instead of it doing ours. There’s so much to do, it comes at us so fast, and it all has to be done now. The solu­tion: for­get what you were taught about doing one thing at a time and start doing sev­er­al things at once. Call your office from the express­way. Bring that Black­ber­ry to the meet­ing. Answer e‑mails over din­ner. Multitask.

Of course, whether mul­ti­task­ing real­ly is effi­cient is a mat­ter both of pub­lic debate and clin­i­cal research, and it’s just one of the ques­tions we plan to get into next week in a new forum on the sub­ject here at the Bri­tan­ni­ca Blog.”

You can par­tic­i­pate Here.

2) For extra brain & mind read­ing, you can vis­it  yes­ter­day’s Encephalon edi­tion at The Mouse Trap. Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: discontinuities, encephalon, Encyclopedia Britannica, IFTF, Institute-for-the-Future, multi-tasking, palo-alto, trends

Bird’s Eye View of Cognitive Health Innovation

July 3, 2009 by Alvaro Fernandez

My pre­sen­ta­tion to open our Games for Health Con­fer­ence track is now avail­able via SlideShare:

See Bird’s Eye View of Cog­ni­tive Health Innovation

Descrip­tion: Sci­en­tif­ic, tech­no­log­i­cal and demo­graph­ic trends have con­verged to cre­ate a new $265m mar­ket in the US alone: seri­ous games, soft­ware and online appli­ca­tions that can help peo­ple of all ages assess and train cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties. Alvaro Fer­nan­dez will pro­vide a Bird’s Eye View of the sci­ence, mar­ket seg­ments and trends, com­pet­i­tive land­scape, and main chal­lenges ahead, based on The State of the Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Mar­ket 2009 report released in May, which includ­ed Research Exec­u­tive Briefs pre­pared by 12 lead­ing sci­en­tists and a sur­vey of 2,000+ deci­sion-mak­ers and ear­ly adopters.

61% of respon­dents to the sur­vey Strong­ly Agreed with the state­ment “Address­ing cog­ni­tive and brain health should be a health­care pri­or­i­ty.”  But, 65% Agreed/Strongly Agreed with “I don’t real­ly know what to expect from prod­ucts mak­ing brain claims.” In this ses­sion, Alvaro will pub­licly unveil the new book The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: 18 Inter­views with Sci­en­tists, Prac­ti­cal Advice, and Prod­uct Reviews, To Keep Your Brain Sharp, co-authored by neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Dr. Elkhonon Gold­berg and him­self, aimed at help­ing con­sumers and pro­fes­sion­als under­stand and nav­i­gate this grow­ing field.

To see slides, check out Bird’s Eye View of Cog­ni­tive Health Innovation

Enjoy the 4th of July!

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Fitness, brain-fitness-software, cognitive, cognitive-health, demographic, g4h09, Games-for-Health, Games-for-Health-Conference, innovation, neuropsychologist, scientific, Serious-Games, slideshare, technological, trends

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