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Wireless, Rechargeable Brain-Computer Interface Works for Pigs, Apes: Humans Next
historically [BCIs have] been bulky and tethered to a computer. A tether limits the mobility of the patient, and also the real-world testing that can be performed by the researchers.
Brown’s wireless BCI allows the subject to move freely, dramatically increasing the quantity and quality of data that can be gathered — instead of watching what happens when a monkey moves its arm, scientists can now analyze its brain activity during complex activity, such as foraging or social interaction.
Obviously, once the wireless implant is approved for human testing, being able to move freely — rather than strapped to a chair in the lab — would be rather empowering.
Brown’s wireless BCI, fashioned out of hermetically sealed titanium, looks a lot like a pacemaker. (See: Brain pacemaker helps treat Alzheimer’s disease.) Inside there’s a li-ion battery, an inductive (wireless) charging loop, a chip that digitizes the signals from your brain, and an antenna for transmitting those neural spikes to a nearby computer. The BCI is connected to a small chip with 100 electrodes protruding from it, which, in this study, was embedded in the somatosensory cortex or motor cortex. These 100 electrodes produce a lot of data, which the BCI transmits at 24Mbps over the 3.2 and 3.8GHz bands to a receiver that is one meter away. The BCI’s battery takes two hours to charge via wireless inductive charging, and then has enough juice to last for six hours of use.
(via Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-computer interface | ExtremeTech)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bf35e7c3673df0bce78fe0ca26b2f1b/tumblr_mj5ilhLb3n1qgpcs1o1_500.jpg)
Wireless, Rechargeable Brain-Computer Interface Works for Pigs, Apes: Humans Next
historically [BCIs have] been bulky and tethered to a computer. A tether limits the mobility of the patient, and also the real-world testing that can be performed by the researchers.
Brown’s wireless BCI allows the subject to move freely, dramatically increasing the quantity and quality of data that can be gathered — instead of watching what happens when a monkey moves its arm, scientists can now analyze its brain activity during complex activity, such as foraging or social interaction.
Obviously, once the wireless implant is approved for human testing, being able to move freely — rather than strapped to a chair in the lab — would be rather empowering.
Brown’s wireless BCI, fashioned out of hermetically sealed titanium, looks a lot like a pacemaker. (See: Brain pacemaker helps treat Alzheimer’s disease.) Inside there’s a li-ion battery, an inductive (wireless) charging loop, a chip that digitizes the signals from your brain, and an antenna for transmitting those neural spikes to a nearby computer. The BCI is connected to a small chip with 100 electrodes protruding from it, which, in this study, was embedded in the somatosensory cortex or motor cortex. These 100 electrodes produce a lot of data, which the BCI transmits at 24Mbps over the 3.2 and 3.8GHz bands to a receiver that is one meter away. The BCI’s battery takes two hours to charge via wireless inductive charging, and then has enough juice to last for six hours of use.
(via Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-computer interface | ExtremeTech)
The Digital Loop, Season 1, Episode 2.
Hosted by Ivan Hernandez & Paul Papadimitriou.
SoLoMo.References:
— Solomo, What’s Behind the Hype
— Nike+
— RunKeepe
— Strava
— Warp.ly, Fans Engagement
— Mobile experiences, Relevant, Immediate, Contextual, Haptic
— Google Glass
— Iron Man 3 Official Trailer
(Disclosure: Paul is an advisor to Warp.ly, with no financial stake)
(Source: thedigitalloop)
Time to say goodbye
Hey guys,
I’ll be soon leaving my position as Social Media and Marketing Director for TNW. Time for a change, off to new digital adventures ;)
The part of my job I’ll probably miss the most, will be managing TNW’s tumblr. Thank you all for the great company, inspiration, <3s and reblogs.
For any TNW community related issues reach out to community[at!]thenextweb.com
Stay in touch! Via e-mail: amalucky.a[at!]gmail.com, @amalucky
Happy Spring!
xo
Amalia :)
GIFs via amypoehler and bricesander
This Week in Social Analytics on Tumblr | From ComScore’s 2013 U.S. Digital Future in Focus:
“Three social networks in particular – Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram – each gained more than 10 million visitors over the course of the year in part by catering to a desire for more visually appealing content. comScore has called this phenomenon “the rise of the visual web.” Of the three, Tumblr had the largest audience at 30.8 million visitors (up 64 percent from the prior year), while Pinterest (up 284 percent to 28.9 million visitors) and Instagram (up 284 percent to 27.4 million visitors) both shared the same outsized growth rate.”
The first graph above shows the shares for time spent on each site, with Tumblr coming in second behind Facebook, while the second shows the total unique visitor trend with Tumblr trending above both Pinterest and Instagram.
You can download the full report at the link at the top of this post.
Facebook has just sent out an invite to press with the text ‘Come see a new look for News Feed’. The event will be held at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters on Thursday March 7th, 2013 at 10am PST and we’ll be on site. (via Facebook holding an event to show off a ‘new look for News Feed’ on March 7th - The Next Web)
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After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family.
Just kidding - I was fired today.
If you’re wondering why… you haven’t been paying attention.
”— Andrew Mason’s goodbye letter is pretty awesome. (via daryn)
“A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects. Several copies of the novel low-power device, described in the Journal of Neural Engineering, have been performing well in animal models for more than year, a first in the brain-computer interface field. Brain-computer interfaces coud help people with severe paralysis control devces with their thoughts.”
— Novel wireless brain sensor (via amalucky)
(via amalucky)
Researchers Prototype NextGen Battery That Will Stretch with Electronics and Implants
Imagine batteries stretchy enough to flex inside clothing or under the skin. Unusually elastic batteries could one day help power flexible electronics worn on or implanted inside the body, researchers say.
“Some relatively simple but powerful ideas allow one to construct rechargeable, lithium-ion batteries that have the physical properties of a rubber band,” says John Rogers, a materials scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Applications may include robotic skin and wearable health monitors, he added.
Google provides you with the opportunity to play games via the Chrome browser while using your mobile device as the controller.
(Source: Engadget)
In today’s Daily Dose, Facebook design tests in New Zealand, porn blocking in China and Google Books for India.
(Source: thenextweb.com / TNW Daily Dose)
Download NES Controller, Gameboy, NES 2, SNES and Famicom.
Created by Doctor-G
(via parislemon)
In today’s Daily Dose, a new Google search test, Instacart keeps up the yuppie pressure, and North Korea gets tinted.
(Source: thenextweb.com / TNW Daily Dose)
