Hello! I am heading to SXSW today. Here is what I’ll be up to…
First, I’ll be on the radio every morning for Sirius XMU. I will talk to bands. Some of them I have heard of.
On March 12th at 10:30pm I will be part of The Chris Gethard Show at the IFC Crossroads House. I understand a rather harrowing game of “Pin The Tail On The Donkey” will be involved.
On March 15th at 6:30pm, I’m doing THE FOGELNEST FILES at Esther’s Follies with special guests Doug Benson, Chris Gethard and Andrew WK. I don’t want to give too much away, but this will be discussed…
On March 16th at 6:30pm, I will be on THE BENSON INTERRUPTION at Esther’s Follies. I will try to speak. Doug will interrupt me.
I’m told you don’t need a SXSW badge to get into these shows. They’ll let badge holders in first, but I am sure you’ll get in too.
Okay, cool. This should be a fun week. I am looking forward to meeting you in Austin and forming new #strategic #social #media #partnerships. Haha, no that sounds like a nightmare, but I would like you to come to the shows and say hi afterwards!
See Jake at SXSW!
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Wireless, Rechargeable Brain-Computer Interface Works for Pigs, Apes: Humans Next
historically [BCIs have] been bulky and tethered to a computer. A tether limits the mobility of the patient, and also the real-world testing that can be performed by the researchers.
Brown’s wireless BCI allows the subject to move freely, dramatically increasing the quantity and quality of data that can be gathered — instead of watching what happens when a monkey moves its arm, scientists can now analyze its brain activity during complex activity, such as foraging or social interaction.
Obviously, once the wireless implant is approved for human testing, being able to move freely — rather than strapped to a chair in the lab — would be rather empowering.
Brown’s wireless BCI, fashioned out of hermetically sealed titanium, looks a lot like a pacemaker. (See: Brain pacemaker helps treat Alzheimer’s disease.) Inside there’s a li-ion battery, an inductive (wireless) charging loop, a chip that digitizes the signals from your brain, and an antenna for transmitting those neural spikes to a nearby computer. The BCI is connected to a small chip with 100 electrodes protruding from it, which, in this study, was embedded in the somatosensory cortex or motor cortex. These 100 electrodes produce a lot of data, which the BCI transmits at 24Mbps over the 3.2 and 3.8GHz bands to a receiver that is one meter away. The BCI’s battery takes two hours to charge via wireless inductive charging, and then has enough juice to last for six hours of use.
(via Brown University creates first wireless, implanted brain-computer interface | ExtremeTech)
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