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Jul 30, 2012

Nike’s stroboscopic eyewear improves visual memory, hand-eye coordination

Nike SPARQ Vapor Strobe Eyewear

Via ExtremeTech Sports athletes in recent years have concentrated on making themselves stronger and faster (sometimes to their own detriment and sanctity of the sport — see Baseball, Steroids Era), but building muscle mass is only part of the equation. Nike, one of the biggest sponsors of sport, sees potential (and profit) in specialized eye gear designed to allow athletes to fine tune their sensory skills and “see their sport better” through the use of modern technology. To prove its point and draw attention to its Sparq Vapor Strobe sports glasses, Nike  commissioned a study...

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Jul 14, 2012

Robot avatar body controlled by thought alone

Via: New Scientist For the first time, a person lying in an fMRI machine has controlled a robot hundreds of kilometers away using thought alone. "The ultimate goal is to create a surrogate, like in Avatar, although that’s a long way off yet,” says Abderrahmane Kheddar, director of the joint robotics laboratory at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in...

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Jul 14, 2012

Does technology affect happiness?

Via The New York Times As young people spend more time on computers, smartphones and other devices, researchers are asking how all that screen time and multitasking affects children’s and...

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Jul 05, 2012

A Real-Time fMRI-Based Spelling Device Immediately Enabling Robust Motor-Independent Communication

Jul 05, 2012

Games as transpersonal technologies

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