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About NeuroSky, a true Brain-Computer Interface Technology
Mind over matter – at last humans can move objects with brainpower, by simply concentrating. Games are available right now, to be followed by applications in the automotive industry, healthcare and education.
The revolutionary NeuroSky chip is used on NeuroSky’s own MindSet headset and in products by partners Mattell (MindFlex) and Uncle Milton (Star Wars Force Trainer.)
The MindSet uses the advanced NeuroSky chip and one dry sensor to sense and interpret the wearer’s brainwaves. The information is sent by Bluetooth technology to a computer. The computer uses the brainwave information to determine the level of attention / meditation. For games like the MindSet video game, and the MindFlex and Star Wars Force Trainer physical games, the user’s level of attention is transformed into action.
- Winner, TechAmerica, 2009 Innovator Award, Consumer Electronics
- Winner, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's 2008 Emerging
Tech in Entertainment
The games are fun and in stores right now. The NeuroSky web site offers the free SDK download for anyone who wants to start developing his own games or applications. Exciting medical application results will be announced in several medical journals within the coming weeks.
NeuroSky Awards
- TechAmerica's Prestigious Innovator Award for Consumer Electronics
- Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s 2009 Emerging Tech Entertainment Award
NeuroSky in Action
The US Olympic Archery Training Center has found that use of the NeuroSky headset and NeuroView software enabled measurements showing that elite archers have increased attention and increased relaxation. In contrast, mid-level archers have increased attention and decreased relaxation. With this information and feedback during training, archery trainers were able to improve their training methods. This scientific report is available.
At a Buddhist meditation conference, monks tried the technology and had phenomenal control, confirming their meditation skills. This result prompted an invitation from the National School Board Association to NeuroSky CEO Stanley Yang to speak about applying the technology to education.
Currently, researchers are studying applications in ADD/ADHD, Anger Management, Education, Alzheimer’s, Autism, PTSD, Sleep Disorders, Neuro-rehabilitation, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, etc.
On a consumer level, automobile manufacturers are testing the incorporation of the NeuroSky chip into future cars.
NeuroSky Web site
NeuroSky Coverage
- IEEE Spectrum: Inside Technology
Mind Over Matter: The NeuroSky MindSet headset controls objects via brain waves
- CNN
Winter Olympics to demo lighting controlled by thoughts
- Washington Post
NeuroSky is in the forefront of turning brain-computer interfaces into cheap, ubiquitous consumer items.
- San Francisco Chronicle
New technology closer to harnessing mind power
- Cerebral Hack
A Sit-Down Interview with Technology Provider: NeuroSky
Recent Press Releases
- NeuroSky Launches MindWave Mobile for iOS and Android
- NeuroSky's CEO Stanley Yang joins the exclusive ranks of innovators unveiling new products at this year's DEMO Conference
- NeuroSky Unleashes Brain Control Interface Technology to Europe
- CEO of NeuroSky Stanley Yang to Speak at DLD 11 Conference in Munich, Germany on January 24th
- NeuroSky's Brain Computer Interface - Bridging the Gap Between Research, Academia, and the Consumer
- MEDIA ALERT: According to the Cover of Sunday's LA Times , Mind Reading is on the Market
- LineKong Announces Strategic Partnership with NeuroSky Brainwave Technology Enhances Innovation of Online Gaming
- Brainwave-controlled games and applications designed for use at 35,000 feet are a big hit at On the Wings of Innovation aerospace conference
- Eye Blink Detection Now Available in Developer Tools 2.1 for NeuroSky MindSet
- NeuroSky Closes $11.8M Financing Round
- Preview Available with NeuroSky's Brain to Computer Interface Technology at E3 Conference in Los Angeles
- MIT/Stanford Venture Lab presents: 'The Business of the Brain' on May 18th, Stanford Campus
- NeuroSky To Preview Their Brain-Computer Interface Technology at London's Gadget Show Live As Launch Of Their European Press Tour
- Brain Control Technology - A New Olympic Sport?
- Preview Available with NeuroSky’s Brain to Computer Interface Technology at San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference
- NeuroSky MindSet & Toys on Bonnie Hunt, Regis & Kelly, Ellen Shows
- Telekinesis is Hot this Holiday Season: New Technology provides the Science behind the Imagination
- San Francisco Chronicle says:
“The Force - or at least, the ability to trigger physical actions with your
mind – can now be had for a couple hundred bucks.” - NeuroSky Brain Computer Interface Technologies CEO Stanley Yang to Speak at the National
School Boards Association Conference T+L October 29th Denver, CO
- Mindflex Game Powered By Neurosky Named As One Of The Best
Toys For 2009 - Control computers with your mind: This year’s hottest holiday gift is also the most revolutionary advance in technology in decades
- NeuroSky® Announces the distribution of MindSet Development Tools
(MDT) for Free
- Star Wars® Uncle Milton® AND NeuroSky® Announce
Exclusive Partnership For Science Toys
- Mattel and NeuroSky® Announce Partnership to Create
"Next Generation" Games and Toys
- NeuroSky® and Toshiba® to Launch Brainwave-Reading Headset for PCs
May 15, 2012 – San Jose, Calif. USA -- Leading Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) company NeuroSky launches its eagerly anticipated MindWave Mobile, the world’s first brainwave-reading device for iOS and Android, for sale in the US and EU through NeuroSky.com.
San Jose, CA, February 11, 2011 - NeuroSky, Inc., the leader in Brain-Computer Interface technologies for consumer product applications, has been selected to present their new product at the world-renowned launchpad for emerging technology -The DEMO Conference.
San Jose, CA, USA, European Union, and Hanover, Germany, February 10, 2011 - NeuroSky Inc, the leader in mass-market Brain-Computer Interface technology, is announcing the availability of their new product, the NeuroSky MindWave headset, to the European market.
San Jose, CA, and Munich, Germany, January 18, 2010 - As Chief Executive Officer of NeuroSky, Inc., Stanley Yang is the visionary behind the bio-sensor company that has quickly become the global leader in mass market Brain-Computer Interface technology.
San Jose, CA, Aug 11, 2010 - In 2007, U.S. Universities spent more than $48.8 billion dollars on research and earned only $2 billion back in licensing of previous patents developed from their work.
WHAT: According to the cover of August 8th's LA Times, The NeuroSky ThinkGear™ technology, first of its kind to be applied to the mass market, has propelled NeuroSky as the leader in consumer BCI. With industry leading partners like Mattel, Square Enix (Final Fantasy), Uncle Milton, Sega Toys Co, Toshiba and a number of others, NeuroSky is leading the charge with the introduction of BCI to the general public with the first of many toys and products.
San Jose, CA, USA, and Beijing China, Aug 3, 2010 – During ChinaJoy, the 8th China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference, Feng Wang of LineKong Entertainment Technology Co., Ltd., the leader of China's third-generation online gaming industry, and Stanley Yang of NeuroSky, the leader in mass market Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology, announced a strategic partnership to launch the first brainwave-controlled MMO game.
Windsor, ON, July 12, 2010 –The global aerospace industry was treated to a sneak peek into the future of in-flight entertainment as Toronto's InteraXon demonstrated a prototype of their thought-controlled in-flight entertainment system and the response was overwhelmingly positive.
San Jose, CA, June 29, 2010 – Developer Tools 2.1 upgrades NeuroSky's past MindSet tool set and now includes support for eye blink detection.
San Jose, CA, June 22, 2010 – NeuroSky, the world's leader in wearable consumer brainwave technology, announced that it has closed a $11.8 Million Series C round of funding led by Taicom Capital.
San Jose, CA, June 9, 2010 –NeuroSky's Brain to Computer Interface technology promises to revolutionize the traditional video gaming paradigm, enhancing interactivity and in many instances, increasing the mental benefits of game play.
Stanford, CA, May 13, 2010 – Brain-Computer Interfacing promises a quantum leap in human interaction with technology—allowing thoughts and emotions to control devices and allowing devices to know what we're "really thinking".
San Jose, CA, March 5, 2010 – NeuroSky® Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) has been invited to attend the Gadget Show Live as one of only 6 companies in the "Future Tech Zone" display.
San Jose, CA and Vancouver, British Columbia, February 23, 2010 – The Olympics Games are known for showcasing the world’s finest athletic talent - but this year people’s brains are also on display. One of the most unique and awe-inspiring stories to come out of the Ontairo House during the 2010 games is InteraXon's Bright Ideas display-the largest thought-controlled computing installation ever created.
San Jose, Calif., February 24, 2010 – This year the star of the Game Developers Conference® (GDC) is shaping up to be Silicon Valley-based NeuroSky® Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Technologies.
Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 23, 2009 – Fully demonstrated for the first time on national TV, NeuroSky MindSet received top honors as the hottest toy from Toy Expert Mike Mozart in the holiday episode of the Bonnie Hunt talk show on Friday, December 18, 2009.
San Jose, Calif., Dec. 2, 2009 – Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology is in the midst of a big coming-out party this holiday season with technology that allows everyday users to literally move things with their minds.
NeuroSky brain–computer interface technology in MindSet translates the brain's electrical activity into a signal which can be converted by computer into an action.
San Jose, Calif., October 29th, 2009 – The mission of the National School Boards Association’s T+L technology conference is finding more effective ways to teach by leveraging new technology. To that end, they have recently invited Stanley Yang, CEO of NeuroSky—a Brain Computer Interface technologies company—to speak at the education technology conference in Denver (http://www.neurosky.com) this week.
Los Angeles, October 12, 2009 – The Mindflex Game, powered by NeuroSky, has recently been named one of the best toys of 2009 by Bestlearningtoy.Blogspot.com
San Jose, Calif., September 9, 2009 – NeuroSky, the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of consumer-ready Brain Computer Interface technologies (BCI) have made history by introducing their proprietary headsets that literally allow everyday users to control devices with their minds.
San Jose, Calif. (June 29, 2009) – NeuroSky, Inc., the leader in Consumer Brain- Computer Interface technologies for consumers, today formally announced they will make the MindSet Development Tools (MDT), their SDK for the MindSet headset, available as a free download from the NeuroSky Store (http://www.neurosky.com) this week.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA May 15th, 2009) – Uncle Milton Industries, a leading manufacturer of science and nature exploration toys, and NeuroSky, Inc., the leader in Consumer Brain-Computer Interface technologies, announce an exclusive partnership to develop science toys and games utilizing NeuroSky’s ThinkGear™ technology.
San Jose, Calif. (April 28, 2009) – Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT), the world’s leading toy manufacturer, and NeuroSky, Inc., the leader in Consumer Brain-Computer Interface technologies, today formally announced an exclusive multi-year partnership to develop a new category of games and toys that operate using, literally, the power of concentration.
San Jose, California (March 20, 2009) – nToshiba, Inc., a leading manufacturer of personal computer (PC) equipment, and NeuroSky, Inc., a Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) technology company, today announced the launch of a jointlydeveloped brainwave-based headset that operates with most PC products.
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