Diabetics could soon be weeping tears of joy over a new noninvasive technology that would make the ritual of drawing blood throughout the day ancient history. A biochemical engineer at the University of Western Ontario has developed contact lenses that change color in response to spikes and dips in the wearer’s glucose levels. The secret: [...]

A Sit-Down Interview with Technology Provider: NeuroSkyby Cerebral Cortez on Jul.22, 2009, under Articles via A Sit-Down Interview with Technology Provider: NeuroSky | Cerebral Hack. These guys are entirely “with the program.” The site has links to support brain dysfunction research such as for Alzheimer’s and such.

Wild Divine is the Mother Ship of New Age relaxation and meditation interactive software.  The Myst-like graphics and charming. But I don’t think they’ve changed anything since 2001. I’ve played with this interface exactly once.  I had enormous fun and I wanted to own it.  Maybe this year I’ll find a way.  My hesitation is simply that [...]

Welcome to the OpenEEG project About the project Many people are interested in what is called neurofeedback or EEG biofeedback training, a generic mental training method which makes the trainee consciously aware of the general activity in the brain. This method shows great potential for improving many mental capabilities and exploring consciousness. Other people want to do [...]

The Brainfingers SoftwareSystem OverviewAlthough this website is not intended as a tutorial, we would like to show you the basics of how our software works. It consists of two main window groups; the Brainfingers window group, and the Launch window group. The Brainfingers windows teach you how to create “conscious control” of your Brainfingers or [...]

Comparison of consumer brain-computer interface devices From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia via Comparison of consumer brain-computer interface devices – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is handy for me to see which commercial companies are out there.

I successfully connected theUncle Miltons Force Trainerto my PC..It was easier than expected.Heres a sample interface, butyou can also use a cellular cable like the CA-42And connect it to RX,TX and GND on the base. via Zibris Blog: Success! :. This page has a little wiring diagram I don’t want to lose. I may one day wish to [...]

Dr. Bonkers presents The Nearly Genuine and Truly Marvelous Psychoneuropharmacological Mental Medicine Show Online gallery of modern and vintage psychiatric drug advertising. via Bonkers Institute: Marvelous Mental Medicine Show ~ Vintage Drug Ads. These are pretty good, but I’m keeping it for some of the links to links to links.  Some are great science, some others are great… er, entertainment.

In the Force Trainer, a wireless headset reads your brain activity, in a simplified version of EEG medical tests, and the circuitry translates it to physical action. If you focus well enough, the training sphere, which looks like a ping-pong ball, will rise in the tower. A state of deep concentration is needed to achieve a [...]

PhysOrg.com — By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, scientists have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The “thought-to-speech” process takes about 50 milliseconds – the same amount of time for a non-paralyzed, neurologically intact person to speak their thoughts. The study marks the [...]

Simply coating a sheet of paper with ink made of carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires makes a highly conductive storage device, said Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering.”Society really needs a low-cost, high-performance energy storage device, such as batteries and simple supercapacitors,” he said. via At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = [...]

“Loneliness causes people to be alert for social threats,” Cacioppo says. “You engage in more self-protective behavior, which is paradoxically self-defeating.” Lonely people can become standoffish and eventually withdraw from their social networks, leaving their former friends less well-connected and more likely to mistrust the world themselves. via Loneliness Is Contagious, Study Suggests – Science News.

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that people can train their minds to stay focused. via Study: Can meditation sharpen our attention?.

When weight-gain defenses do break down, the problem is rooted in the brain’s sensitivity to leptin, Schwartz said. As fat stores increase and leptin levels rise, the brain becomes more and more impervious to the hormone’s calls to put the brakes on weight gain. Scientists are just starting to figure out why. It turns out cells don’t [...]

Human Muscular System Picture (Back View) via Human Muscular System Picture (Back View) – Muscular System. This is a handy “interactive” site for identifying muscles in the back–something I need for the hooping exercises I am doing. Anatomy, exercise, hooping.

Body Fat The percentage body fat is calculated for males as 100*(-98.42 + 4.15*waist – 0.082*weight)/weight and for females as 100*(-76.76 + 4.15*waist – 0.082*weight)/weight. The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is calculated by dividing your waist size by your height. The WHtR may give a more accurate assesment of health for serious athletes, especially body builders, who have a higher [...]

Lately, I’ve become interested in hula-hoop.  Hooping.  Hoop Dance.  I’ve been at this for about a month, and didn’t expect to find adventure worth sharing, but I have found it astonishingly fruitful, so I will.  My blog anyway, right? The decision here is whether to put them into their correct positions according to their date in [...]

Drum the tip of a finger on a typewriter key quickly “eeeeee.” Now, stop and type “e” take a moment, type “e,” take another moment, type “e” again. The motion in both cases is exactly the same, performed by the same finger. But the brain processes that make the two different streams of es are [...]

(Awed, amazed voice; slow head shake of disbelief and approval…) Freakin’ Stanford.  Wow. Here is a YouTube video from the fine folks at Stanford University. On Depression in the U.S. This is the full lecture–over 50 minutes.  I link it here because he is engaging, clear, and convincing.  He simplifies without sacrificing the best of what he knows.  I [...]

The Absent Willow Review — Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction.   This has been fun reading. M. says she’s going to be published here soon. I need to keep this one somewhere.