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Implanted EEG device predicts epilepsy seizures
Posted on May 3, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to a recent proof-of-concept study published in The Lancet Neurology, a small device implanted in the brain has accurately predicted for the first time the onset of seizures in some... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Brain-to-brain interface allows rats to communicate telepathically (video)
Posted on March 4, 2013 | 2 CommentsA pair of rats, thousands of miles apart, was able to successfully communicate information directly using their brains. The lab of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis at Duke University has recently published... -
New ‘feeling’ bionic hand begins clinical trials
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 3 CommentsResearchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland announced the first clinical trials of an advanced new bionic hand. Unlike almost all forearm prosthetics in clinical use... -
TED: Miguel Nicolelis talks about using our brains to directly control machines
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 1 Comment“Impossible is just the possible that someone has not put in enough effort to make it come true.” This is how Professor Miguel Nicolelis comments the limits of brain-machine interface... -
Implant gives rats sixth sense, now they can see infrared light
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsDuke University researchers have equipped rats with implanted sensors that enable them to see and respond to infrared light, which is normally invisible to rodent (and human) eyes. Rats in the... -
The successful conclusion of OpenVibe2
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No CommentsAfter three years of exceptional research in BCI control of computer gaming, the OpenVibe2 initiative has come to an end. This open-source initiative aimed to explore the possibilities of... -
Collaborative BCI: two minds are better than one at steering a thought-controlled virtual spacecraft
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the University of Essex have been working with NASA on a ‘collaborative BCI’ project where multiple users controlled the same virtual spacecraft by thought alone. Using brain-computer interface (BCI)... -
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... -
BCI research must be at high level of national priority, suggests US Congressman Chaka Fattah
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsBrain-computer interface research was the topic in Washington DC at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology’s (NICT) 9th annual forum, which brought together American and Japanese scientists and representatives of federal... -
Brain-computer interface reconnects disabled patient’s brain to his muscles (video)
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsAs part of the European TOBI (Tools for Brain‐computer Interaction) research project, using a brain-computer interface (BCI), scientists have found a way to help disabled people to “reconnect” their brain to their muscles in... -
Science confirms: IQ is not equivalent to Intelligence
Posted on December 25, 2012 | No CommentsHave you always suspected that you’re more intelligent than your IQ gives you credit for? It turns out that science is on your side! The researchers at the University of... -
Brain-controlled robotic arm lets quadriplegic woman feed herself chocolate (video)
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsA woman paralyzed from the neck down has been able to feed herself chocolate and move everyday items using a brain-controlled robotic arm. Aided by tiny electronic implants in her brain she... -
Inexpensive magnetoencephalography (MEG) system could be available at every hospital
Posted on December 15, 2012 | No CommentsMagnetoencephalography (MEG) is an important but extremely expensive method for brain research and medical diagnosis. The costs are so high that not even every developed EU countries can afford a... -
$50.000 grant for developing better brainwave monitors with Electric Field Encephalography
Posted on December 6, 2012 | 1 CommentPhysics professor Srinivas Sridhar has been recently awarded a $50,000 grant for his project “Roadmap to Commercialization for Electric Field Encephalography”. According to a today’s article on Medicalxpress, the professor is working on a new way to measure... -
Blind man reads braille patterns with his eyes, using implanted retinal prosthesis
Posted on November 30, 2012 | 2 CommentsRetinal prosthesis are devices that allow those who have become blind due to some conditions to have their vision partially restored. Though very useful for perceiving shape and movement, the...
