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Science
Brain Scans Will Soon Reveal Exactly What You’re Thinking
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | You already know what’s going on in my mind, but what if you could see exactly what I’m thinking about? Might not be long before you can, because there have been some minor successes in thought decoding technology. More »
Science
Scientists Create Ambient Music Using Human Brains, MRI Machines
2:20AM John Herrman | A professor at Trinity College in Connecticut has written what is essentially a MIDI player for the human brain, converting MRI imagery into a sort of bleeping, blooping ambient music. More »
Games
Neurosky Brain Gaming Headset Now Has Free SDK
3:00AM Jason Chen | Remember the Neurosky mind-gaming headset we tried earlier this year? The one that actually worked? It’s getting a free SDK. More »
Design
Neuron Chamber Offers a Glimpse at What Alien Brains Might Look Like
10:15AM Adrian Covert | Okay fine, maybe this is more of an artistic representation that’s taken a few liberties, but still, the Neuron Chamber on display at Maker Faire 2009 is a pretty cool looking piece of extraterrestrial art. More »
Business
Microsoft’s Ballmer on His Brain
10:50AM Jason Chen | Steve Ballmer talks about how fast his brain works and how he needs to do a better job of showing that he’s hearing you. More »
Science
A Wheelchair Controlled By Man’s Mighty Will
3:10AM Mark Wilson | We’ve seen a few instances of mind-controlled wheel chairs, and now researchers from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, offer us yet another amazing prototype. More »
Robots
OK, But Will The Inevitable Robotapocalypse Be Green?
5:52PM John Herrman | While scientists all over the world strive to create a mechanical equivalent to the human brain, one guy is getting kind of concerned about these posthumans’ power bills. They’re pretty high! At least, at first. More »
Science
Your Brain to Your Hands: I Can Twitter Without You
2:10AM John Mahoney | Stupid hands, always getting the glory for all of the hard work that originates with me. Now, fingers, feel your tragic irrelevance as I tweet with electric elegance without your pitiful clumsiness! More »
Toys
Star Wars Force Trainer Uses Mind Bullets To Move Ball Through Chute
10:44AM Jason Chen | A simplified EEG-based game using the Star Wars licence tricks kids into thinking they have Professor X-like abilities, when all they’re doing is learning to activate one part of their brain. More »
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