Real-time Control Of Wheelchair With Brain Waves Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Japan's BSI-TOYOTA Collaboration Center has successfully developed a system that controls a wheelchair using brain waves in as little as 125 milliseconds.
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New Toys Read Brain Waves Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Ice cream really can control your brain Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
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."
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Thinking of words can guide your wheelchair Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
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*
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Optogenetics - Fiber Optic Brain Control Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
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.
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Scientists harness mysteries of the brain Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
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.
As if by magic, the wheelchair follows her mental commands.
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The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes? Posted: 10 months ago by karenben
A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes.
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See What Other See Through Brain Imaging Posted: 2 years ago by MandolinOrange
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.
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Seattle man's independence stolen along with his wheelchair Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
Fifty-four-year-old James Scranton is trying to get used to his borrowed wheelchair. His own wheelchair disappeared on Saturday
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Right Brain vs. Left Brain: Creativity Test Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
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.
Creative 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.
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First phase of simulated brain complete Posted: 7 months ago by Ankabout
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.
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Mind Games: Computer Head Set Lets Brain Control Action Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
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.
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Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered Posted: 6 months ago by karenben
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.
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Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
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.
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Users Can Now Control Second Life With Brain Posted: 2 years ago by fogowar
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.
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Perfecting Closed-Skull Brain Surgery Posted: 4 months ago by suebe
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.
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Your Brain on Ethics Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Mistakes Through Lack Of Attention Predicted By Brainwaves Posted: 8 months ago by pocksucket
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.
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The Yawn Explained: It Cools Your Brain Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Finding Fear: Neuroscientists Locate Where It Is Stored In The Brain Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Hacking Your Brain Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
Hackers who commandeer your computer are bad enough. Now scientists worry that someday, they’ll try to take over your brain.
Researchers have developed technology that makes it possible to use thoughts to operate a computer, or maneuver a wheelchair without lifting a finger. But as neural devices become more complicated some say the risks of “brain hacking” should be taken seriously.
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