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‘Brain-Controlled Siri’ Could Turn Out to be a Hoax
A few days ago, we shared a story with you about several hackers who claimed to have modified Siri to be controlled with brainwaves. However, according to some experts, they might have just been pulling an elaborate hoax. Continue reading
How Google is Destroying Your Memory (Infographic)
The evidence surrounding this slightly disturbing theory supports the fact that Google acts as an “extension of knowledge”. The result is that we store less information, which destroys our ability for memorization. Continue reading
New Japanese Android App Can Read Your Mind
A new application demoed at a tech show in Japan displays your brainwave functions as you play simple games on your Android phone. Continue reading
Using Google Really Does Mess With Your Brain
Researchers have finally found a connection identifying the relationship between online tools and cognition. So, yes, using Google really does mess with your head. Continue reading
Study Finds That Cell Phone Use Increases Brain Activity
Dr. Nora Volkow and other researchers from the National Institute of Health have published a report that shows that cell phone use increases certain activity in the brain. Continue reading
WiiThink Concept Means You’ll Actually Need To Use Your Brain
We know usually you set your brain’s power button to off when playing your Wii, and that’s fine that Wii playing is meant to be your downtime, but if you even plan on using the WiiThink concept peripheral, there’s just no way in hell you’ll be able to maintain that mindless mentality. Using EEG technology to read your brainwaves, the WiiThink encourages you to exercise your brain, helping to prevent Alzheimer’s and other developmental conditions. Link
Sleep machine gives you eight hours in only three
Insomnia and lack of sleep is probably the number one cause of many accidents associated to automobile fatalities (finish him!) and on-the-job tasks. People just don’t have the time that they used to. Thanks to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we all might be sleeping more soundly, in a less amount of time. A machine currently in testing uses what’s called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which induces the brainwaves associated with R.E.M. sleep patterns. No, not the band. The sleeping phase.... Continue reading
Full body cyborg suit coming next year, humans given two more years to live
The Daiwa House Industry Co. has created a full bodied cyborg that looks like something you might see at your local movie theater. The exoskeleton was designed to assist those who have difficulties moving around on their own. Those people will know be able to survive nuclear explosions. We joke. When the user wants to move a limb, the suit reads your brainwaves and conveys the info to the corresponding part of the suit which will than move. Scarily enough,... Continue reading
