Cyberkinetics – Neurotechnology Systems, Inc.

Cyberkinetics – Neurotechnology Systems, Inc.

"Project Epoc is a headset that uses a set of sens…

“Project Epoc is a headset that uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals naturally produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expression. It connects wirelessly with all game platforms from consoles to PCs.”

"Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology …

“Scientists with the Robot Engineering Technology Research Center of east China’s Shandong University of Science and Technology say they implanted micro electrodes in the brain of a pigeon so they can command it to fly right or left or up or down.”

"…disruption of the right, but not the left, dor…

“…disruption of the right, but not the left, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) by low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation substantially reduces subjects’ willingness to reject their partners’ intentionally unfair offers, which suggests that subjects are less able to resist the economic temptation to accept these offers. Importantly, however, subjects still judge such offers as very unfair…”

Disrupting the Right Prefrontal Cortex
Daria Knoch et al
published online 4 October 2006
[DOI: 10.1126/science.1129156]

2005, Bionic Arm "Doctors take nerves that used …

2005, Bionic Arm

“Doctors take nerves that used to go to the arm and move those nerves onto chest muscles. The nerves grow into the chest muscles, so when the patient thinks “close hand,” a portion of his chest muscle contracts and electrodes that detect this muscle activity tell the computerized arm when to close the hand.”

ICORP "…forming the mirror neuron system of the…

ICORP

“…forming the mirror neuron system of the humanoid that is the target of implementation.”