A round-up of 2022 neurotechnology advances - Reason

A round-up of immoderate large moves successful wearable brain-computer Interface (#BCI) successful 2022, arsenic the epoch of user #neurotechnology approaches. Will neurotechnology commencement to regenerate our existing peripheral devices? Look for brain-sensing electrodes to progressively go portion of our each time lives. Topics that I tackled successful my forthcoming book, The Battle for Your Brain (St. Martin's Press 2023):

1.     Snap Inc. buys mind-controlled headband maker NextMind for an undisclosed sum. With NextMind, Snap plans to incorporated #neural interface exertion into its #ar glasses the "Snap Spectacles"

2.     NextStem, a MedTech and robotics startup, announced wide availability of its NextStem headsets and bundle improvement kit. Siddhant Dangi, CEO of NextStem said: "At NexStem, we are exploring the limitless usage cases of #BCIs successful #vr (virtual reality), #mentalhealth, and mundane usage cases – paving the mode for the quality to go portion of the #internet and the #metaverse."

3.     Cognixion introduces Cognixion ONE –a wearable model to the world, offering some code and an integrated #ai adjunct for location automation power and different enrichment" arsenic the "world's archetypal encephalon computer-interface with augmented realty wearable code generating device." They unafraid backing from Verizon and Amazon.

4.     MindMaze, which takes a chiefly software-based, gamified attack to dainty #neurological-disorders, announced that it has hauled successful $105 cardinal successful caller funding.

5.     Mark Zuckerberg demoed Meta's neural interface wristband, arsenic Meta makes advancement toward utilizing #emg exertion successful its large #metaverse bet. They're not determination yet, but making progress.

6.     NextSense, Inc, calved from Alphabet's "moonshot" division, has developed #earbuds that tin cod #neural data. "Think of it similar an Apple Watch or an Oura ring but for the brain, signaling cardinal information connected slumber patterns and circadian rhythms."

7.     L'Oréal Group's tech incubator partnered with EMOTIV, "to motorboat a caller [#eeg] headset instrumentality that helps consumers marque close and personalized choices astir their preferred scent. "When visiting a YSL store, customers volition person a fragrance consultation by donning a multi-sensor EEG-based headset that measures neuron responses and corresponds them to fragrance preferences."

8.     EMOTIV also partnered with X-trodes to marque at-home #brain monitoring a caller reality.

9.     Kernel released "Kernel Flow" – a wearable #bci instrumentality that uses near-infrared airy to scan people's brains.

10.  Muse® by Interaxon Inc. (Muse Brain-Sensing Headband) announced $9.5M Series C funding to grow its encephalon #health and #wellness offerings.

A batch of caller user neurotech is being previewed astatine #CES2023 close now. More to travel successful the days ahead.