A New Approach to Treat Mental Illness: Electrical Engineering
5 years, 9 months ago

A New Approach to Treat Mental Illness: Electrical Engineering

Wired  

Brain disorders impact more than 25 percent of Americans, and such disorders are projected to cost more than one trillion dollars annually by 2050. In response, the federal government launched the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative in 2013 to uncover how the human brain works as an electrical machine. While the human brain contains nearly 100 billion cells that create and process electricity, human brain augmentation has largely been limited to drugs that target brain chemicals. Human and preclinical studies have also revealed new electrical codes for how brain cells work together to produce emotions. This new phase is a forward-facing effort to decode the human brain and to translate that knowledge to treat brain disorders.

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Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field

Associated Press  

Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines. For example, Rao said companies such as Synchron, Blackrock Neurotech and Onward Medical are already conducting BCI trials on people “using either less invasive methods or more versatile approaches” that combine neural …

Elon Musk wants to implant millions of people with Neuralink brain chips
7 months ago

Elon Musk wants to implant millions of people with Neuralink brain chips

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk hopes to implant millions of Neuralink chips into people’s brains over …

Beyond Elon Musk's Neuralink, here are 3 other jaw-dropping human-machine techs
1 year, 10 months ago

Beyond Elon Musk's Neuralink, here are 3 other jaw-dropping human-machine techs

Hindustan Times  

In a mind-bending leap towards the future, Elon Musk's groundbreaking venture Neuralink has recently obtained FDA approval for human clinical trials, igniting a renewed fascination with the integration of technology and the human body. Bionic Limbs: Empowering Individuals with Superhuman Capabilities Hugh Herr, an esteemed biomechatronics researcher and innovator, revolutionised the field of prosthetics with his groundbreaking work on bionic …

Could brain-machine interfaces be right around the corner?
2 years, 1 month ago

Could brain-machine interfaces be right around the corner?

The Independent  

For most of human history, the field of engineering has been seen as distinct from biological and neural science. It’s a common staple of a certain kind of science fiction novel and has already made the transition to science fact in research laboratories all over the world. It’s a concept so intoxicating that it has attracted the attention of several …

What is Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interface, the tech that Elon Musk’s Neuralink uses?
2 years, 3 months ago

What is Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interface, the tech that Elon Musk’s Neuralink uses?

Firstpost  

While neurotechnology and brain-computer interfaces have been around for decades, Elon Musk’s Neuralink aims to package it into a coin-sized implant and take it to the masses. Neuralink will either emerge as the single most revolutionary invention in the field of modern medicine and biotechnology for decades to come, or, Elon Musk just pulled off another Theranos-like scam. Simply put, …

Elon Musk's Brain Implant Chip Neuralink Preparing Clinical Trials
3 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk's Brain Implant Chip Neuralink Preparing Clinical Trials

News 18  

Elon Musk-run brain-machine interface company Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical trials that will implant brain chips in humans. According to dailymail.co.uk, the firm is hiring a clinical trial director, which says the right candidate will?work closely with some of the most innovative doctors and top engineers, as well as working with Neuralink?s first Clinical Trial participants?. ?As the clinical …

‘Neurograins’ Could be the Next Brain-Computer Interfaces
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Neurograins’ Could be the Next Brain-Computer Interfaces

Wired  

For people with brain and spinal injuries, these systems could eventually restore communication and movement, allowing them to live more independently. The ability to record from many more neurons could enable much finer motor control and expand what’s currently possible with brain-controlled devices. Florian Solzbacher, co-founder and president of Blackrock Neurotech, the company that manufactures the Utah array, says a …

Next-gen ‘neurograins’ implant could lead to better therapies for people with brain or spinal injuries
3 years, 7 months ago

Next-gen ‘neurograins’ implant could lead to better therapies for people with brain or spinal injuries

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have demonstrated that about 50 grain-sized electronic brain implants can be used …

What we know about Elon Musk’s Neuralink ahead of Fri big reveal
4 years, 7 months ago

What we know about Elon Musk’s Neuralink ahead of Fri big reveal

Al Jazeera  

Elon Musk has made plenty of claims about Neuralink Corp., his brain-machine interface company. Claim: Neuralink will soon be able to implant its technology in humans On May 7, Musk appeared on the popular podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience, and made a distinctive claim about Neuralink: The startup would “be able to implant a neural link in less than a …

Elon Musk claims mysterious brain chip will be able to cure depression and addiction: ‘It’s both great and terrifying’
4 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk claims mysterious brain chip will be able to cure depression and addiction: ‘It’s both great and terrifying’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has revealed more details about his mysterious brain-computer chip startup Neuralink, …

High-flying CEOs are trying to brain-zap their way to happiness
5 years, 8 months ago

High-flying CEOs are trying to brain-zap their way to happiness

Wired  

SCIEPRO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / WIRED Take a nine-volt battery, a couple of sponges and some saline solution, and you can change your life. That’s the alluring promise of transcranial direct current stimulation, a non-invasive mind-altering technique that’s gaining a cult following among athletes, budding musicians, and now even business leaders. “They’re decision-makers and people who have very stressful …

Military Plans To Test Brain Implants To Fight Mental Disorders
10 years, 10 months ago

Military Plans To Test Brain Implants To Fight Mental Disorders

NPR  

Military Plans To Test Brain Implants To Fight Mental Disorders The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is launching a $70 million program to help military personnel with psychiatric disorders using electronic devices implanted in the brain. "We've seen far too many times where military personnel have neuropsychiatric disorders and there's very few options," says Justin Sanchez, a program …

Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate
13 years ago

Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

Firstpost  

With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics launched a consultation on Thursday to consider the risks of blurring the lines between humans and machines. by Kate Kelland London: A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain …

Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate
13 years ago

Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

Firstpost  

A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. London: A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly …

Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better
13 years, 1 month ago

Study: Electric boost helps brain to learn better

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — People learned better when a key part of their brains got mild zaps of electricity, a finding that may someday help Alzheimer’s patients keep more of their memories. In the future, that strategy might help curb memory loss for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, suggested Dr. Itzhak Fried, a neurosurgeon at the University of …

Rewire your brain
15 years, 10 months ago

Rewire your brain

Wired  

Giggles rang through the operating theatre. That was a London hospital in the early 90s and I'd just witnessed the extraordinary scenes of a man, fully awake, having a device implanted in his brain to control the distressing tremor of Parkinson's. Today more than 30,000 people with Parkinson's have undergone this technique, called deep brain stimulation. Like cochlear implants that …

Spare parts for the brain
21 years, 9 months ago

Spare parts for the brain

The Economist  

FOR decades, artificial-intelligence buffs have been trying to create a synthetic mind, an artificial consciousness. Achieving that goal would answer many interesting philosophical questions about what it means to be human. These disciplines have made significant progress in understanding how brains work, starting with top-level functions such as thinking, reasoning, remembering and seeing, and breaking them down into underlying components. …

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