Brains in the news

Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight

In this powerfully moving video, brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor recounts what it felt like to have massive stroke. She describes with intense passion the experience of watching her brain functions shut down one by one, losing speech and motor functions, and ultimately losing self-awareness, culminating in a feeling of oneness with everything. Her experience [...]

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Another Headset to Control Video Games With Your Mind

A couple of weeks ago in an article called Control Video Games With Your Mind, I mentioned the EPOC Neuroheadset from Emotiv that will allow users to control video games with thoughts, emotions, and facial movements. Another company called NeuroSky has a similar neuroheadset called Mindset in the works. From what I can tell, NeuroSky's [...]

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Control Video Games With Your Mind

Before the end of this year, you'll be able to strap on a lightweight piece of headgear and control video games with nothing more than your thoughts. Emotiv's new EPOC neuroheadset brings us one step closer to Matrix-esque control over our environment. I can't wait to give this gadget a try. Emotiv has also created [...]

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Review: Left in the Dark

I've been reading a new book called Left in the Dark by Tony Wright and Graham Gynn, and I'm only about 100 pages into the book but so far it has been a fascinating read. I'll be writing a review for my company's web site soon, but I wanted to post something here too because [...]

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You can shop for brain damage?

I was reading an article about brainwave technology earlier today and clicked on the Google advertising link displayed next to the article. The list of ads that appeared prompted quite a chuckle. Take a look at the third ad in the image below. Apparently, you can now shop for brain damage. And it's "aptly affordable". [...]

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