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Neural Circuit Switchboard

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2008-01-25 15:29:11 by Michael in Medgadget
Neural researchers at MIT have developed a biochem technique to selectively block specific neural circuits and then to monitor the effect the blockage has on cognitive function. Combining several cutting-edge genetic engineering techniques, Tonegawa's [Susumu Tonegawa, MIT Professor of Biology and Neuroscience --ed.] laboratory invented a method...
 
Tags: major tsp pathway, tsp pathway, major, tsp, tsp includes data, data, circuit, hippocampal regions, hippocampal regions affect
 
 
 
 
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Sensopac Neural-Net Robot Hand May be What Droids Will Shake Hands With [Robots]

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2008-07-24 07:00:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
Robotic hands and arms may be getting more sophisticated , but they don't really rival what we think C3-PO would have poking out of his torso. That is until now: an European science team have been busy creating the Sensopac robotic limb, and it's arguably the most human-like robotic limb yet. And partly that's because its sophistication is...
 
Tags: human-like robotic limb, limb, sensopac robotic limb, european science team, team, cerebellum controls sensation, controls, arm, motors mimic
 
 
 
 
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OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) Sets To Ship Next Week

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2008-03-03 00:45:59 by Editor in Everything USB News, Reviews, Tips
For years we have been seeing people in the movies interacting with technology via other methods other than touch. We've had speech to text and command control for many years, but actual neural control has been lacking. Last year at CeBIT, OCZ unveiled the Neural Impulse Actuator, a device that promises to let you control your computer to a...
 
Tags: control, actual neural control, ocz, neural impulse actuator, precision mouse control, ocz claims, nia, command control, cut reaction times
 
 
 
 
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Heads-on with OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator

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2008-03-04 15:10:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals If the Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) from OCZ could really read thoughts, it'd be a little disappointed right now. In our short time with the "brain mouse" controller, we had some difficulty figuring out what exact "thoughts" did what, with our primary accomplishment being repeated backwards jumping motions...
 
Tags: neural impulse actuator, nia, ocz, brain mouse, subtle motions, motions, time, forehead muscle contractions, short time
 
 
 
 
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Heads-on with OCZs Neural Impulse Actuator

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2008-03-04 23:03:39 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals If the Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) from OCZ could really read thoughts, itd be a little disappointed right now. In our short time with the brain mouse controller, we had some difficulty figuring out what exact thoughts did what, with our primary accomplishment being repeated backwards jumping motions while...
 
Tags: brain mouse controller, neural impulse actuator, brain mouse, nia, controller, subtle motions, motions, time, forehead muscle contractions
 
 
 
 
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OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator is just another Atari Mindlink

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2008-04-30 14:21:02 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Mind-reading" video game controllers are nothing new. The Atari Mindlink introduced the concept to gaming in 1983. Trephining and plunging electrodes through spurting skull holes was not the prerequisite: the Mindlink was a crock, actually controlled by a series of forehead waggles and facial tics. Then, last year, there was the Neurosky ......
 
Tags: game, video game controllers, mindlink, video game, atari mindlink, mindlink mach, brain, direct brain controllers, frenetic unreal tournament
 
 
 
 
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Better Neural Implants Through Conductive Polymers

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2008-07-17 19:46:23 by Michael in Medgadget
By using an electrically conductive polymer to coat neural implants, researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor are increasing the devices' sensitivity A snippet from MIT Tech Review : Martin [David Martin, professor at Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering @ University of Michigan --ed.] and his collaborators coat the electrodes...
 
Tags: polymer, conductive polymer, neural, polymer coatings, polymer surrounds, michigan scientists, devices, michigan, biomedical devices
 
 
 
 
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OCZ set to launch Neural Impulse Actuator "brain mouse"

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2008-03-03 16:07:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals It's certainly not the first to toy around with mind control as a means of fun and games , but OCZ looks like it may be among the first to actually get a product out the door, with it now set to launch its Neural Impulse Actuator "brain mouse," or NIA for short. According to Daily Tech, the device makes use of a...
 
Tags: neural impulse actuator, ocz, set, brain mouse, mind control, control, multi-core systems, standard mouse, daily tech
 
 
 
 
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OCZ set to launch Neural Impulse Actuator brain mouse

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2008-03-03 22:03:38 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
Filed under: Gaming , Peripherals Its certainly not the first to toy around with mind control as a means of fun and games , but OCZ looks like it may be among the first to actually get a product out the door, with it now set to launch its Neural Impulse Actuator brain mouse, or NIA for short. According to Daily Tech, the device makes use of a...
 
Tags: ocz, set, mind control, control, multi-core systems, standard mouse, daily tech, eye movement, reaction time