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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Uncle Milton Industries, a leading manufacturer of science and nature exploration toys, and NeuroSky, Inc., the leader in Consumer Brain-Computer Interface technologies, announce an exclusive partnership to develop science toys and games utilizing NeuroSky's ThinkGear(TM) technology. The first product of this partnership, the STAR WARS Force Trainer, was introduced to the market earlier this year at Toy Fair and will be available to...
U.S. scientists say brain signals controlling arm movement can be detected by using microelectrodes that are positioned on the brain, but don't penetrate it. The unique thing about this technology is that it provides lots of information out of the brain without having to put the electrodes into the brain, University of Utah Assistant Professor Bradley Greger, a co-author of the study, said. That lets neurosurgeons put this device under the skull, but over brain areas where it would be risky...
Toyota Motor Corp. has created a way of moving a wheelchair around by using brain waves, without the person having to move or speak.Toyota's system, created with Japanese researchers, is one of the swiftest in the world in scrutinizing brain waves, they announced in a press release on Monday.Although previous systems needed only a few seconds to interpret brain waves, the new technology needs an unparalleled 125 milliseconds, or 125 thousandths of a second.For the wheelchair to work, the...
 Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a University of Utah study shows that brain signals controlling arm movements can be detected accurately using new microelectrodes that sit on the brain but don't penetrate it."The unique thing about this technology is that it provides lots of information out of the brain without having to...
 Two new studies published by neurologists at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital demonstrate a need for more vigilant monitoring for seizure activity among intensive care patients who may be experiencing subtle seizures that are typically unrecognized. These subtle seizures may be affecting patients' prognoses and causing long-term brain damage, death and severe disability.Published in recent issues of the Annals of Neurology and Critical Care Medicine,...
The Multimodal Brain Orchestra made its debut appearance at the Science Beyond Fiction conference in Prague on Thursday. The orchestra uses technology from the laboratory for Synthetic Perceptive, Emotive and Cognitive Systems (SPECS) to allow members to play musical instruments through Brain Computer Interface technology alone.The orchestra is led by an emotional conductor who leads by means of her physiological state. SPECS' Brain Orchestra presented a piece called XMotion."Where Emotions...
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSky, Inc., a bio-sensor technology company in Silicon Valley, announces today the launching of the MindSet(TM), a brainwave-reading (EEG) and mental state translational technology for a wireless Bluetooth(R) headset that operates with most personal computer (PC) products. With two earlier toy companies announcing products in January, 2009, the Mattel Mindflex(TM) and the Uncle Milton Force Trainer(TM) (under a Lucas Licensing deal), both...
When musicians play together it isn't just their instruments that are in sync, their brain waves are too, researchers in Germany said. Ulman Lindenberger, Viktor Muller and Shu-Chen Li of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, along with Walter Gruber from the University of Salzburg, used electroencephalography to record the brain electrical activity in eight pairs of guitarists. Each of the pairs played a short jazz-fusion melody together up to 60 times while the...
A California toymaker says a new Star Wars toy that harnesses a user's brainwaves to emulate The Force is due in stores this fall.Uncle Milton Industries said The Force Trainer, which uses brain wave technology developed by NeuroSky, allows players to use their brainwaves to move a sphere within a 10-inch-tall tower, USA Today reported Wednesday.When you concentrate, it activates the training remote, said Frank Adler, an executive vice president with Uncle Milton Industries. There is a flow...
CNS Response, Inc. (OTCBB: CNSO), a life-sciences data company, today announced that five key scientific posters will be presented at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, being held October 30 through November 1 at the San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Hotel & Marina. The posters are authored by thought leaders in psychiatry, addiction medicine and behavioral care management. Additionally, CNS Response CEO Len Brandt will host a conference call Friday, November 7, at...
