BitCortex » Singularity University http://www.bitcortex.com Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Quantitative Finance and the unedited thoughts of a soon-to-be robot Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:28:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ray Kurzweil at the SU / MIT / X PRIZE BCI Workshop http://singularityu.org/videos/2010/01/ray-kurzweil-at-the-su-mit-x-prize-bci-workshop/ http://singularityu.org/videos/2010/01/ray-kurzweil-at-the-su-mit-x-prize-bci-workshop/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:33:06 +0000 Singularity University http://singularityu.org/?p=3867

Ray Kurzweil discusses the future of BCI (Brain-Computer Interfaces) at a workshop at the X-Prize lab at MIT, January 2010. This workshop was co-sponsored by Singularity University.

]]> http://singularityu.org/videos/2010/01/ray-kurzweil-at-the-su-mit-x-prize-bci-workshop/feed/ 0 Exploring the Brain-Computer Interface: Singularity U Partners with X Prize Labs @ MIT http://singularityu.org/news/2010/01/exploring-the-brain-computer-interface-singularity-u-partners-with-x-prize-labs-mit/ http://singularityu.org/news/2010/01/exploring-the-brain-computer-interface-singularity-u-partners-with-x-prize-labs-mit/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:13:41 +0000 Singularity University http://singularityu.org/?p=3773 Imagine a direct connection between the human brain and the world’s most powerful computers… What if you could type with your thoughts? Or help the blind to see? Or give an amputee control over his bionic arm? How can the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) positively affect humanity’s grandest challenges?

Singularity University partnered with X Prize Lab @ MIT for the 2-day “Brain-Computer Interfaces: Igniting a Revolution” workshop that kicked off today to discuss these questions and more with some of the leading minds in neurobiology. Special guests included SU co-founder and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, Ed Boyden, Director of the MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group, and Gerwin Schalk, Director BCI2000, Wadsworth Center.

SU Graduate Studies Program alum Rod Furlan interviewed a few of the BCI experts to get their thoughts on the state of BCI, where it’s headed, and how it can affect “humanity’s grand challenges.”  Check back soon for those videos, as well as the lively panel discussion on the future of BCI with Peter Diamandis, Ed Boyden, and SU instructor and Omneuron founder Christopher deCharms.

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