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Chilean team announces first ever physical object created with the mind
Posted on May 17, 2013 | No CommentsEarlier this year we posted about Thinker Thing, a creative group from Chile, crossing BCI technology with 3D printing to create objects with the power of the mind. According to... -
Son of Nor multiplatform adventure game to fully support the Emotiv EPOC headset (video)
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsStill Alive Studios’ Son of Nor is an under development 3rd person multiplatform game that is now officially going to support the Emotiv EPOC headset. Due to a partnership with Emotiv, the game will... -
Bringing back the brainwaves: NeuroGaming 2013 Conference in retrospect
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsIt’s been a week since the NeuroGaming 2013 Conference concluded, but since there was so much groundbreaking stuff discussed in such a short amount of time, we figured it was... -
Formerly Axio, now Melon EEG headband heading to Kickstarter (video)
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsIf you have been patiently waiting since Axio announced a new EEG headband last summer, wait no more. The prototype device that was aimed to measure focus and improve mental performance... -
NeuroGaming 2013: five minute compile from first day’s panels (video)
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsIn case you haven’t been keeping up with our coverage, you should know that hundreds of the most forward-thinking game developers on the planet have converged this week in San... -
MindTec Store is now NeuroSky’s official distributor for the European region
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No CommentsSo you always wondered where to buy in Europe those irresistible Necomimi cat ears and the slightly more severe MindWave neuro-headset? A new distributor for the European region has opened... -
NeuroGaming 2013 first impressions: A real buzz of excitement in the air!
Posted on May 1, 2013 | No CommentsThe air is buzzing with excitement this morning in San Francisco at the first NeuroGaming Conference and Expo. A wide variety of people, ranging from neurosurgeons to musical composers, game designers... -
Ghost’s Masaki Batoh begins North American Brain Pulse Music Tour
Posted on April 28, 2013 | No CommentsMasaki Batoh, best known as the front man of Japanese psychedelic rock band Ghost, will be touring the USA and Canada performing live installations of Brain Pulse Music (BPM) –... -
Samsung tests brainwave technology to find new ways to interact with mobile devices
Posted on April 20, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to a recent article published on MIT Technology Review Samsung is actively doing research on brainwave technology to find an alternative way of interaction with mobile devices. The South Korean company... -
Passthoughts: the future of authentication?
Posted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsWhat if instead of typing out passwords, you could log onto your electronic accounts with nothing more than a thought? It may be less far-fetched than it sounds, according to... -
Osseointegrated prosthetic arm controlled via direct nerve implants
Posted on April 8, 2013 | 1 CommentEarlier this year, the lab of Dr. Rickard Branemark at Sahlgrenska University Hospital was the first to permanently implant electrodes into the nerves and muscles of an amputee in order... -
13-year-old girl’s BCI project wins award at the Florida State Science Fair (video)
Posted on April 5, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe winners of the latest State Science & Engineering Fair of Florida (FSSEF) were announced on 2 March 2013. Among the best ones we find a 13-year-old girl from South... -
Scientists demonstrate brain controlled rat (video)
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No CommentsScientists from the Harvard Medical School of Boston have been working on a system that combines a brain-computer interface with a neurostimulation device to create an effect that some would... -
Create real objects with your mind and help Chilean kids realize their dreams (video)
Posted on March 31, 2013 | No CommentsHave you become overly excited by the idea of throwing trucks with your mind? Now take it a step further and create real objects with your mind thanks to this Indiegogo campaign from... -
President Obama impressed by Israeli brain-computer interface projects
Posted on March 26, 2013 | 2 CommentsAs part of his Israel trip President Obama gave accolades to researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) who presented two projects based on brain-computer interface technology at the Israel... -
Mindwalker exoskeleton uses EEG cap to help disabled people walk again
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsAlthough no medical cure currently exists for spinal cord injury, paralyzed patients in the future could be able to walk again thanks to robotic exoskeleton technology, being developed all around the... -
Throw Trucks With Your Mind. Need we say more?
Posted on March 12, 2013 | No CommentsIf you’ve been reading NG for a while, you’re undoubtedly aware that people are using brain-control interfaces for all kinds of crazy things – next-generation prosthetic limbs, brain-to-brain communication, and... -
Scientists demonstrate wireless neural interface
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 1 CommentXray image of (a) a pig and (b) a rhesus monkey showing wireless implant (credit: David A Borton et al./J. Neural Eng.) Scientists at Brown University have developed a fully... -
Mico from Neurowear analyses brainwaves, plays music that fits your mood (video)
Posted on March 6, 2013 | 7 CommentsThe always creative Neurowear company, creator of the overly successful brain-controlled Necomimi cat ears and the wearable tail accessory Shippo, has announced its newest invention, Mico, a system consisting of a... -
5th International BCI Meeting in Pacific Grove, California, June 3-7, 2013
Posted on March 4, 2013 | 1 CommentBCI researchers from all over the world will come together this summer for the 5th International BCI Meeting. The triennial brain-computer interface meeting series (1999, 2002, 2005, 2010, and 2013) is...
