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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) –... -
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... -
Shippo wearable tail renamed to Tailly, promises delivery by August 2013 on Kickstarter
Posted on December 4, 2012 | 1 CommentRemember Shippo, the brain-controlled tail that wags according to your mood? OK, forget the cool Japanese name and the brainwave-based functionality. The Shippo project has been renamed to the more... -
Dream Reading Research Predicts With 75–80% Accuracy Whether A Car, Computer Or Man Is In the Dream
Posted on October 19, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough our ultimate dream – to play around with a dream reading machine - has still not become a reality, scientists are a step closer to understand and reconstruct our dreams. A... -
New HAL Exoskeleton: Brain-Controlled Full Body Suit to Be Used In Fukushima Cleanup
Posted on October 18, 2012 | 13 CommentsJapanese company Cyberdyne announced today an improved version of HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb), the exoskeleton which we wrote about almost two years ago, when a tech journalist took a few steps at CES... -
Limited-edition Neurowear Wolf Ears Celebrate Japanese Anime Movie
Posted on July 8, 2012 | 3 CommentsWe can’t have enough of those moving ears, right? The guys at Neurowear know well how much we like the cute brain-controlled ears, so the company behind the popular Necomimi cat ears now making... -
Japanese EEG Headband Aims to Monitor Real-Time User Experience (video)
Posted on June 7, 2012 | No CommentsA research group at Keio University has developed a simple brain-wave meter to identify, in real time, whether a person is showing interest, concentration, desire, stress, or sleepiness. The researchers claim... -
Brainwave ‘Music’ Helps Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victims (video)
Posted on March 29, 2012 | No CommentsRemembering last year’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, acupuncturist and musician Masaki Batoh turned to a modified EEG device, what he calls a Brain Pulse Machine, to measure the brain... -
Japan Working on New Generation of Mind-Reading Devices
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe Japanese government has formed a consortium together with Japanese companies and research institutes to work on a new generation of consumer electronics devices that can read a user’s mind... -
DIY Brain-Controlled Cat Ears, Guide to Make Your Own Necomimis
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsWithout doubt our post on Necomimi Cat Ears has been one of the most popular articles here on Neurogadget so far. As we reported in May, the Japanese Neurowear company has squashed... -
Show Your Mood with Brain-Controlled “Necomimi” Cat Ears
Posted on May 6, 2011 | 12 CommentsWe just arrived at the point where Neurogadget.com must admit why this site was started back in 2010. Yes, beside the more serious topics like brain-computer interfaces for disabled people, we are... -
Japanese Researchers to Help ALS Patients Through Brain-Computer Interface
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsFrom: www.yomiuri.co.jp A group of scientists from Osaka University Hospital is set to conduct clinical research aimed at mechanically producing the actions directed by disabled people’s brain waves. If successful,... -
CES: Thought-Controlled HAL Exoskeleton Monitors Brain Signals
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No CommentsFrom: wired.com Tech journalist Evan Ackerman took a step into science-fiction, literally. At CES 2011, Evan became the first person in the US to try on a pair of cyber-trousers...
