Jul
09
2009
0

Brain Surgery Frees Runner, but Raises Barriers

SEDALIA, Colo. — In the middle of the night, Diane Van Deren will leave her house against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She will cut west through the dark canyons with her running shoes and a headlamp, but without a kiwi-sized part of her right temporal lobe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/sports/09ultra.html?_r=2&ref=sports&pagewanted=all

Written by Blayne in: Uncategorized |
Jul
09
2009
2

Twitter Telepathy: Researchers Turn Thoughts Into Tweets

Early on the afternoon of April 1, Adam Wilson posted a message to Twitter. But instead of using his hands to type, the University of Wisconsin biomedical engineer used his brain. “USING EEG TO SEND TWEET,” he thought.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/braintweet/

Written by Blayne in: Uncategorized |
Jul
09
2009
0

The Next Hacking Frontier: Your Brain?

In the past year, researchers have developed technology that makes it possible to use thoughts to operate a computer, maneuver a wheelchair or even use Twitter — all without lifting a finger. But as neural devices become more complicated — and go wireless — some scientists say the risks of “brain hacking” should be taken seriously.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/neurosecurity/

Written by Blayne in: Uncategorized |
Jun
30
2009
0

Toyota’s mind-controlled wheelchair boast fastest brainwave analysis yet

“…this latest from researchers at the Brain Science Institute (BSI) — Toyta Collaboration Center have what they claim is a system that’ll control the ride using brain waves analyzed every 125 milliseconds, which it boasts bests the competition by several seconds. Testers using the wheels and EEG cap system have achieved accuracy up to 95 percent…”

Written by Blayne in: Brain, Neurotronics |
Jun
09
2009
0

Brain Wiring: How and When the Brain is Wired

The teenage brain is an unfinished product, continuing to develop in spurts until about 25. During the brain’s growth spurts, the nerve endings grow rapidly, called blossoming. During that time, the cells that fire strengthen networks. The ones that don’t die back, called pruning.

http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2006/06/13/gentech/frameset1710052.shtml

Written by Blayne in: Brain |
Jun
08
2009
0

Bionic Ocular Implants

Another video about the ocular implant and camera glasses setup.

Written by Blayne in: Cybernetics |
Jun
08
2009
0

How the Mind Controls Pain

I’ve definitely done this myself in the past. I believe it was an episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues that contained the line “let the pain become part of you.”

Science is beginning to investigate and support the role of therapies such as biofeedback and meditation in pain control. The idea that the mind has power over the body may be especially useful to chronic pain patients who often find themselves without satisfactory medical treatments.

http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20189613_1,00.html

Written by Blayne in: Brain |
Jun
08
2009
0

Why your brain just can’t remember that word

Comment: This is a very high-level article, but I thought the conclusion was interesting.

Most of the time the brain works as it ought to: limbs move, memories are retrieved and experiences processed. But occasionally things go awry.

In tip-of-the-tongue experiences, for instance, words suddenly and perplexingly go missing only to reappear seconds or minutes later. Another brain quirk – déjà vu – confirms the fallibility of memory. Now two new studies have shed light on both phenomena.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17263-why-your-brain-just-cant-remember-that-word.html

Abstract on the journal article:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T24-4WCT00D-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d7a5c254a14c5e5796244d108d768a2d

Written by Blayne in: Neurology |
Jun
07
2009
0

Bionics Gives Blind Woman Partial Vision

A camera is built into a pair of glasses that sends signals to a tiny chip implanted in the back of the retina and stimulates nerves that lead to the vision center of the brain, helping seeing impaired people see again.

http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_090526_Artificial-Retina

Written by Blayne in: Neurotronics |
May
18
2009
0

Top 5 Unsolved Brain Mysteries

When you compare the brain’s detectives, neuroscientists, to other detectives, the neuroscientists seem to fall short in solving mysteries.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/5-brain-mysteries.htm

Written by Blayne in: Brain, Neurology, Neuroscience |

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