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    May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Neurotech industry puts its mind to video games

    Fly toy helicopters with your mind. Be a DJ and shift musical tracks based on how you feel. Wiggle robotic cat ears by increasing your state of calm.
    Fly toy helicopters with your mind. Be a DJ and shift musical tracks based on how you feel. Wiggle robotic cat ears by increasing your state of calm. Astonishing advances in the ability to harness brain waves have made the fantastic notion of moving and...

    Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Gaming, Music, Nintendo Company Ltd., Computing and Information Technology Industry

    2. Apr 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. We dream to remember, scientists say

    We can’t remember everything. Maybe that’s why we dream.
    We can’t remember everything. Maybe that’s why we dream. Researchers at Northwestern University suggest as much in a recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience. Money was involved. The 60 participants in the study were told how much...

    Tags: Philosophy, Science and Technology, Religion and Belief, Psychology

    3. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Can computers decode dreams? Researchers take a first step

    Dreams defy even the dreamer, slipping away as stealthily as they arrive in a mind made credulous by sleep. But what if scientists could read our dreams by using the most advanced medical imaging machines and employing the sophisticated algorithms that flag fraudulent transactions among millions of credit card purchases?
    Dreams defy even the dreamer, slipping away as stealthily as they arrive in a mind made credulous by sleep. But what if scientists could read our dreams by using the most advanced medical imaging machines and employing the sophisticated algorithms that...

    Tags: Computer Science, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, National Institutes of Health, MRI (imaging)

    4. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Wait a minute: Is that patient really unconscious?

    For most of the 60,000 or so people who go under general anesthesia each day for surgeries and other medical procedures, the drugs work well — rendering a patient unconscious, immobile and unable to feel pain, as well as ensuring that he or she doesn’t retain any memory of the procedure taking place.
    For most of the 60,000 or so people who go under general anesthesia each day for surgeries and other medical procedures, the drugs work well — rendering a patient unconscious, immobile and unable to feel pain, as well as ensuring that he or she...

    Tags: Fainting, Medical Procedures and Tests, Massachusetts General Hospital, Heart Surgery, Procedural Sedation

    5. Sep 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Neuroscience mapping brain connections

    Inside the human skull lies a 3-pound mystery. The brain — a command center composed of tens of billions of branching neurons — controls who we are, what we do and how we feel.
    Inside the human skull lies a 3-pound mystery. The brain — a command center composed of tens of billions of branching neurons — controls who we are, what we do and how we feel. "It's the most amazing information structure anybody has ever...

    Tags: Pain, Schizophrenia, Placebo, Parkinson's Disease, National Institutes of Health

    6. Mar 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Dr. Paul H. Crandall dies at 89; invented techniques for diagnosing, treating epilepsy

    Dr. Paul H. Crandall, a UCLA neurosurgeon who pioneered now widely used techniques for diagnosing the source of epileptic seizures in the brain and removing the offending cells, died March 15 from complications of pneumonia at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. He was 89.
    Dr. Paul H. Crandall, a UCLA neurosurgeon who pioneered now widely used techniques for diagnosing the source of epileptic seizures in the brain and removing the offending cells, died March 15 from complications of pneumonia at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical...

    Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Seizures, Pneumonia, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics

    7. Sep 7, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. The thoughts that count: Mind control meets technology

    Brand X
    Charlatans and con artists have laid claim to its power for centuries. In science fiction, Jedi knights call it “the Force,” and the mind-bending X-Men (and Women) are old hats at it. It is the stuff of fantasy. Now, that fantasy of harnessing th...
    8. Apr 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Mind controlled apps hit the market

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    Science fiction fans who have dreamed of having "the force" are in luck. Two apps -- controlled and operated by mental power -- are now on sale in the Apple App Store from app developer MindGames in Iceland. The Times......
    9. May 12, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. "What if?" Sci-fi and poetry natural to Grayland writer

    The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash.
    "I've only read about three sci-fi books, and none of them were yours," Bill Ransom remembers warning science-fiction legend Frank Herbert before they set about their first official collaboration, a novel called "The Jesus Incident." Ransom, about a...

    Tags: Pandora Media, Inc., Genres, Career and Workplace, Fiction, Book

    10. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health

    <em>Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to <a href="http://pediatricassociates.com/" target="_blank">pediatricassociates.com</a>.</em>
    Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

    Tags: Twins, Headaches, Dietary Supplements, Marijuana Use, Itching

    11. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. BRIEF: Samsung spending R&D bucks on mind-controlled cellphone

    Washington Times
    Samsung is spending big research and development dollars on discovering ways to dial by thought -- to control cellular phones by brain only. MIT Technology Review reported that the company's Emerging Technology Lab has joined forces with Roozbeh Jafari,...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Cell Phones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research and Development, New Products

    12. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  12. Briefs: New Scientist

    Premium Health News Service
    HOW TO STOP PEOPLE WAKING IN SURGERY Anesthestic wearing off mid-operation isn't just the stuff of nightmares; it occurs in around 0.2 percent of surgeries globally. But keeping tabs on the brain during surgery could stop this. To look for a signature...

    Tags: Acne, Meningitis, Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Boston

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