The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company Neuralink showcased a pig outfitted with the company’s device, at an event livestreamed on YouTube. One pig, Gertrude, had a device recording signals from an area of the brain linked to her snout. Merging human brains with AI is why Musk wants to create the devices.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2021

Facebook’s prototype brain-computer interface headset. Project Steno was a multi-year collaboration between Facebook and the University of California San Francisco’s Chang Lab, aiming to create a system that translates brain activity into words. The lab fitted the man with implanted electrodes that could detect brain activity.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For associations, AI acts like a digital brain that can understand and respond to each member’s unique needs and interests. By tailoring content and interactions, associations can enhance member satisfaction, increase retention, and boost event participation, leading to a more vibrant and active membership.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 13, 2025

Its a quieter time for our brain, says Katherine Green, the medical director of sleep medicine at UCHealth in Aurora, Colorado. When you wake up with ideas in the middle of the night, its your brain activating those synapses or making those connections, she says. Theres less distraction at night.

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TechSpot

JUNE 5, 2024

New research indicates that young people with internet addiction experience changes in brain chemistry, potentially leading to more addictive behaviors. A study published in PLOS Mental Health reviewed prior research using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine brain interactions in those with internet addiction.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

That has in turn led to a surge in the usage of tools to help home learners do their work better, and today, one of them is announcing a growth round that speaks to the opportunity in that market. For more context, PitchBook estimates that the company was valued at $180 million in its last round, a Series C of $30 million in 2019. In the U.S.

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TechSpot

JUNE 5, 2023

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv University have developed a novel method to stimulate proper mnemonic activity in the brain of people affected by severe epilepsy. The study involved a small group of epileptic patients, but scientists are optimistic about the fact that the new.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Brain researchers have relied on devices called microelectrode arrays for decades, but the technology behind these tools is increasingly outdated. In order to understand what’s going on in the brain, sometimes a EEG or MRI from outside it just isn’t enough — you need to really get in there.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

The tech world has not offered much succor to those affected by things like locked-in syndrome, ALS, and severe strokes, but startup Cognixion aims to with a novel form of brain monitoring that, combined with a modern interface, could make speaking and interaction far simpler and faster. Overhauling decades-old brain tech.

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TechImpact

APRIL 21, 2014

The next time you and your team sits down to brain storm ideas, let them know before you start that “nothing is out of line.” It is simply important that you have a goal and are actively working to achieve it. Make it a point to give your brain two to three 10 minute breaks throughout the day. Bend the rules. Make it a game.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Cognixion, a startup designing an intuitive brain-monitoring headset and interface for people with physical disabilities, has raised a $12M A round to pursue its accessibility ambitions. Cognixion’s brain-monitoring headset enables fluid communication for people with severe disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I planned for this by incorporating an after-lunch energizer that used movement to get people’s brains going. Energizers are activities designed to awaken a sleeping audience or activate a jaded one. Or speed-geek, which is similar to speed dating.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It’s the first electric car — or really the first of any kind of car — to have a brain exclusively powered by Google. Of course, once I was able to switch cars and get behind the wheel of a Polestar 2 with a working brain, the real fun began. But the Polestar 2 is not just any EV. Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The only thing that stood out was a high number of eosinophils white blood cells that become active with certain allergic diseases, parasitic infections, or other medical conditions, such as cancer. On the third day, the 30-year-old, otherwise healthy woman from New England went to an emergency department. Her exam was normal.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

From a scientific perspective, creativity is your ability to think of something original from connections made between pre-existing ideas in your brain. Once your energy levels get low, adenosine starts to slow your brain functioning down. Your brain on coffee.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

How do you make a sensible decision about whether its safe to cross the street when your brain must instantaneously juggle conflicting and related sensory information? One of the last areas of the brain to mature, its responsible for moment-to-moment reactions. Those decisions are made in the prefrontal cortex.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Trigger dopamine release : Listening to music before bed can stimulate dopamine, the same feel-good hormone released during pleasurable activities like eating, exercising, and intimacy. It improves physiological responses like heart rate and muscle activation, leading to better results. How does sleep impact wellbeing and confidence?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

We know in theory what a brain injury means, but seeing Gabby Giffords on stage, struggling to speak as a result of her brain injury, brought its impact home. The human brain is an extremely complex organ, but it should be getting easier to tune up different exercises for different recovery needs. This time, I jumped up!

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Moreover, belonging buffers against workplace stressors that lead to toxic behaviours by reducing feelings of isolation, mitigating burnout and encouraging active listening before making decisions. Belonging requires an active commitment to the five core indicators of belonging: comfort, connection, psychological safety and well-being.

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TechSpot

MAY 1, 2023

The main difference is that the prompt is human brain activity. Scientific American notes that a group of researchers has developed a GPT model that can read a human's mind. The program is not dissimilar to ChatGPT in that it can generate coherent, continuous language from a prompt. Read Entire Article

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In 2021, they used CauseVox to create their Duradash peer-to-peer campaign and came away with over $30,000 through their virtual activity challenge ! For 2021 they decided to shake things up and make it an activity challenge through the CauseVox platform instead. and share via email and social media. This year they raised over $30,000.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Just like the human body has an optimal time to wake and to sleep, the circadian rhythm can be a smart way to set up your daily activities in order to get the most out of your day. Skimming through our email has become like reading the newspaper; it’s an activity we focus on most heavily earlier in the day. Before 12 p.m. Take a nap.

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The Next Web

MARCH 4, 2014

I’ve written how creativity works in the brain before, and I found it really useful to understand this process. There’s so much going on in the brain during creativity that science is still trying to pin down exactly how it all works. This network helps us to construct mental images when we’re engaged in these activities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. The sitting brain is really disengaged. 1. Body Breaks: Incorporate some sort of movement or body activity every ten minutes.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

Is that sort of an active “industry is going to sort itself out” conversation or is that two companies that just aren’t in the same lane? There’s all kinds of investment activity. My whole goal is to drive that cost curve down, and make small sensors, and make a package, and the place you want this is in a consumer car.”

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Capital Medical University Xuanwu Hospital and Tsinghua University School of Clinical Medicine jointly announced on Tuesday that they have achieved the world’s first clinical trial using an implanted epidural electrode brain-computer interface (BCI) to treat limb paralysis caused by a cervical spinal cord injury.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Today's connections fall into the following categories: Yellow: Places at a baseball field Green: Football plays Blue: Active F1 Drivers Purple: _ runner Looking for Wordle today? There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Everybody complains that Instagram and Facebook fry your brain and make you waste time,” Leca told me. By combining passive note creation with a tiny nudge when you close a tab, you get to reflect on your web activity. Dom Leca previously founded Sparrow , an email app for macOS and iOS that was acquired by Google in 2012.

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

AI creates context in much the same way as a human brain establishes meaning. AI creates context in much the same way as a human brain establishes meaning. But you don’t need to worry about owning or maintaining them because you can lease time on their brains.” What Can the Bots Do for You?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

But video isnt the be all end all; after all, only 30% of audiences are actively watching their podcasts, per Cumulus Media. Video adds a layer of technical complication, says Perry Romanowski, co-host of The Beauty Brains. These creators are barred from that premium revenue stream on Spotify, though they still can earn money from ads.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The human brain only has the capacity for 1.6 conversations, according to Julian Treasure , TED speaker and author of Sound Business , and if your mind wanders to a nearby discussion, you don’t have much brain power left to work with. Create a “virtual wall”. When it comes to open-plan offices, hell can be other people.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Your body keeps track of time in a section in your brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (or SCN). The participants spent two nights in a sleep lab where the researchers measured their brain activity, looking at alertness and ability to concentrate. This is a full, mandatory shutdown of all internal activities.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

What goes on in your brain during a group brainstorming session. Brain imaging studies have shown that in the presence of external stimulation, introverts show more activity in the regions of the brain that process information, make meaning, and problem solve compared to extroverts. Groups hate scary ideas.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being. AHA has invested more than $5.9

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

But problems within the brain are more difficult to treat, and for stroke victims rehabilitation is largely left to the body’s own repair mechanisms. But medical science has no method for directly rebuilding those networks — the brain must do so on its own, in its own time. If you lose a leg, prostheses are available.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Nearly 300 people are using them, and they’re part of the same online community, which allows everyone to see each other’s activity. The transparency and gamification aspects of it have led people to really step up the amount of activity they do on a daily basis. Brain Trainer by Lumosity. Praetor Global LLC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2013

If I can’t process what I hear by asking questions of the expert or checking in with another participate or sitting quietly and just thinking about what was shared, there is a point that I reach after about 15 minutes – it’s call “My Brain Is Full Up.” Talking VS Listening.

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