Surgeon and engineer Todd Kuiken is building the most advanced prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system to improve motion, control and even to provide feeling. During Kuiken’s TED presentation, patient Amanda Kitts helps demonstrate this next-gen robotic arm.
Brainput System Identifies Brain Activity Patterns, Learns When to Give You a Break
Researchers at MIT and Tufts University have designed a system, called Brainput, to recognize when a person's workload is excessive and then automatically [more]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to announce more than 100 cutting-edge global health grants to fund projects ranging from unmanned [more]
The Dalai Lama has given his blessing to Dmitry Itskov's Avatar 2045 project
Apparently and a bit oddly the immortality project to transplant people’s brains into robots has received the blessing and support from the Dalai [more]
Reaching immortality. One of humanity's oldest goals. Is it an effort against nature or the next potential step of human evolution? A [more]
Noninvasive miniature sensor measures magnetic activity in human brain
A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by [more]
Professor José Millán's Demonstration of Mind-Controlled Robot for Paraplegics
José del R. Millán, a professor at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne has unveiled a robot that can be controlled by the [more]
The editors of pocket-lint.com were invited to take a visit at Mindlab company in Brighton to get an insight on neuromarketing in practice. Mindlab was founded in the early 90s…