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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... -
Million dollar B.R.A.I.N. Prize applications open until March 15, 2013.
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 1 CommentIf you have an exciting advancement in neurotechnology, a million dollar award could help take your product from great idea to world-changing application. Israel Brain Technologies (IBT), a non-profit organization dedicated... -
First map of how the brain organizes objects and actions we see (video)
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsOur eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at UC, Berkeley,... -
Man in vegetative state communicates for the first time with doctors via fMRI
Posted on November 14, 2012 | No CommentsFor more than a decade, Scott Routley has been living in a vegetative state. He can’t talk. He can’t move. And although his eyes are open, no one is sure whether... -
Scientists Predict Video Game Performance by Measuring Alpha Brainwaves
Posted on October 24, 2012 | No CommentsBy looking at gamers’ brainwaves, scientists can now predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game. The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) to peek at electrical activity in the brains... -
Less-Invasive Brain Stimulation Technique Helps Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsA pilot study in neurosurgery has showed the benefits of electrical brain stimulation using extradural electrodes. The extradural technique means that the electrodes are placed underneath the skull but not implanted... -
$1 Million Global B.R.A.I.N. Prize Announced by Israel Brain Technologies
Posted on October 16, 2012 | No CommentsIsrael Brain Technologies (IBT), a non-profit organization dedicated to the furtherment of brain-related science in Israel, recently announced a one million dollar (.6m GDP) B.R.A.I.N. (Breakthrough Research And Innovation in... -
EEG Mind Reading Research Predicts Test Performance
Posted on October 8, 2012 | 3 CommentsResearch into decoding brain signals is ongoing, and it seems only a matter of time until wearing an EEG (electroencephalography) helmet could let someone see what you are thinking. Predicting what... -
Foremost Futurist Michio Kaku About Brain-to-Brain Communication, Why the Next Step Is the Brain Net
Posted on October 4, 2012 | 5 CommentsIn the video below, well-known futurist Dr. Michio Kaku reminds us that humanity is at the point where we can finally connect computers to the living mind. He points out that in the future,... -
Rise of Neurostimulation, an Industry Predicted to be Worth $6.9 Billion by 2018
Posted on October 1, 2012 | 1 CommentNeurostimulation, the practice of stimulating nerves with a small electric current, is not a word most people outside of academia would recognize. According to a new report however, this may... -
TED: Neil Harbisson Talks About Being A Cyborg, How It Feels When Software and Brain Unite
Posted on September 27, 2012 | No CommentsCyborg Foundation creator Neil Harbisson has never seen color in his life and doesn’t know what colors look like. He was born with total color blindness, a rare visual condition called achromatopsia. Until his was 21 he had lived... -
A Brain Implant that Improves Memory and Decision-Making, Helps to Make Up Your Mind
Posted on September 24, 2012 | 4 CommentsAre you always forgetting things or can’t make up your mind? Recent research has shown promise for a brain implant that could be used to help you remember or decide.... -
The World’s Lowest-Noise Chip for Non-Invasive Brain Wave Monitoring
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsTexas Instruments has introduced the lowest-noise electroencephalography (EEG) analog front-end device (AFE), enabling non-invasive monitoring of brain waves. The ADS1299 is a low-noise, multichannel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that incorporates all commonly-required features for electroencephalogram... -
Hacking the Human Brain? Not As Impossible As You Think
Posted on August 20, 2012 | 2 CommentsLove it or hate it but hacking someone’s brain is not as far away as it seems. According to Extreme Tech, researchers have shown how to use a “commercial off-the-shelf brain-computer... -
Future Brain Implants Could Use Sugar as Energy Source, Self-Powered Medical Devices on the Horizon
Posted on June 13, 2012 | No CommentsMIT engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain... -
SpikerBox Kit Lets Students Observe Neurons as They Fire
Posted on June 5, 2012 | No CommentsInstead of using oldscool demonstration tools like Ping-Pong balls and jump ropes to explain electrical activity in brain, neuroscientist professors Greg Gage and Tim Marzullo came up with an idea to... -
BrainGate Amazes Again: Paralyzed Woman Moves Thought-Controlled Robotic Arm (video)
Posted on May 19, 2012 | No CommentsThe BrainGate neural interface has been under development since 2002. During its first decade it has proven many times that implanted brain-computer interfaces could offer real hope to paralysed patients and to bionic technology. Last... -
fMRI Locates Overactive Brain Areas, Helps Fight Depression
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsStanford researchers use fMRI technology to study the brains of teenage girls at risk of depression. Early findings suggest to train their brains away from negative situations. -
Brain Cells Created from Human Skin Sample
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsCambridge scientists have, for the first time, created cerebral cortex cells – those that make up the brain’s grey matter – from a small sample of human skin. The researchers’... -
Mind-Reading Research Decodes Imagined Words
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsScientists have managed to decode fragments of people’s thoughts by translating the brain activity caused by words that they hear.
