Japan's BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center has successfully developed a system that controls a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds. picked by kakana 4 months ago tags brain wave control wheelchair |
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A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
Before you flip open that tub of Ben and Jerry's, be aware that ice cream really can control your brain and say "eat me." picked by Bornbad 2 months ago 3 comments edit related share technology |
A motorised wheelchair that moves when the operator thinks of particular words has been demonstrated by a US company. The wheelchair works by intercepting signals sent from their brain to their voice box, even when no sound is actually produced. *With YouTube vid in article* picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Optogenetics is a technique for controlling the behavior of specific groups of nerve cells in the brain. Genetically engineered viruses carry light-triggered proteins into the brain of the animal; the viruses can be tailored to attach themselves to specific groups of cells. picked by kakana 4 months ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
A young woman, confined to a wheelchair, is told to think about moving another wheelchair in front of her, first to the left and then forward. 2 comments edit related share plime.comAs if by magic, the wheelchair follows her mental commands. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago |
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A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes. picked by karenben 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share science |
Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. 7 comments edit related share plime.comCreative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago |
Scientists have been able to recreate 'thoughts and memories' for a small part of the brain, and think that scaling the project to a full brain is only a question of money. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Fifty-four-year-old James Scranton is trying to get used to his borrowed wheelchair. His own wheelchair disappeared on Saturday picked by muppet 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Emotiv, a San Francisco-based collection of mad scientist and computer engineers, say they've developed a headset that allows you to play videogames with your mind. picked by punthe 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. picked by karenben 6 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference. picked by kakana 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
The Matrix is here. Users of Second Life can now have their brains directly wired into a computer system that lets them control the virtual world with only their minds. picked by fogowar 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share technology |
Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in Switzerland announced that they've successfully performed closed-skull brain surgery on 9 patients using only sound waves. picked by suebe 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Say you have a load of donated food to deliver to an orphanage. But due to circumstances beyond your control, you're forced to make a hard choice: give some of the children enough to stave off hunger for several days and let the rest go hungry, or evenly distribute a smaller amount so that each child feels full for just a few hours. See how the brain wrestles with such morally charged tradeoffs. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Researchers have identified a pattern of brain waves that occur before people make mistakes. This could lead to greater safety in jobs where alertness is a crucial. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
If your head is overheated, there's a good chance you'll yawn soon, according to a new study that found the primary purpose of yawning is to control brain temperature. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 6 comments edit related share science |
Fear is a powerful emotion and neuroscientists have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain. Fear conditioning is a form of Pavlovian, or associative, learning and is considered to be a model system for understanding human phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Little test to see which side of the brain you use most. picked by marinuse 2 years ago 19 comments edit related share science |