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From Betterhumans An experimental brain-machine interface has allowed a quadriplegic person to control a computer in what could be an early step to new assistive technologies for the disabled. Cyberkinetics of Foxborough, Massachusetts has reported preliminary results for a pilot study of its BrainGate Neural Interface System, which the company aims to develop into a safe, effective and unobtrusive universal operating system for allowing disabled people to control devices using their thoughts. "While these results are preliminary, I am extremely encouraged by what has been...

From I4U Samsung introduces the SCH-S350 mobile phone that uses apparently alpha waves to improve brain memory and concentration. This could be straight out of a sci-fi novel, but it is not. It is from a Samsung press-release. Samsung argued that alpha waves, known to improve memory and concentration, are generated when the phone plays functional music. The Samsung SCH-S350 is a small...

Disaster rescue is one of the most serious social issues which involves very large numbers of heterogeneous agents in an hostile environment. Rescue Robotics is a newly emerging field dealing...

Call for Papers PRESENCE 2005 8th Annual International Workshop on Presence London, England September 21-23, 2005 Submission deadline: June 6, 2005 Full details on the web at...

07 April 2005 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Jenny Hogan Barry Fox Imagine movies and computer games in which you get to smell, taste and perhaps even feel things. That's the...