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Human Non-Invasive Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication for Group Problem-Solving

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BrainNet is the first multi-person non-invasive direct brain-to-brain interface for collaborative problem-solving. The interface combines electroencephalography (EEG) to record brain signals and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to deliver information noninvasively to the brain. The interface allows three human subjects to collaborate and solve a task using direct brain-to-brain communication. Two of the three subjects are …

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Hyperpolarized quantum MRI increases sensitivity 100,000 times

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods have been used widely in past decades as a safe, non-invasive and non-radioactive method of diagnosing CVDs. Current MRI have limited sensitivity and even the most expensive MRI scanners (with the strongest magnets) cannot detect and visualize molecular and metabolic activity in the heart with sufficient sensitivity and specificity. Emerging …

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China counting on high speed rail to drive domestic tourism to about 10% of GDP

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China Daily describes the case for how high speed rail is boosting economic growth in China. Faster trains with efficient services can expand and improve the Chinese tourism industry, which saw a year-on-year growth of 15.9 percent, totaling 423.3 billion yuan ($61.78 billion) during the recently ended Spring Festival holiday week. Plus, the high-speed railway …

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US military indicates Navy F-35C is only version at risk for F-18 SuperHornet replacement

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Of the three types of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, only the US Navy’s carrier-launched F-35C is at risk of being replaced by Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet, the Marine Corps’s top pilot said today. It’s not on the table to substitute Hornets for either the land-based F-35A variant or the vertical-takeoff-and-landing F-35B, Lt. Gen. …

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Harvard researchers created solid metallic hydrogen in the lab and studied it – This is already huge but could be fantastic if properties are as predicted

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Harvard researchers have studied and observed solid hydrogen under pressure at low temperatures. With increasing pressure we observe changes in the sample, going from transparent, to black, to a reflective metal, the latter studied at a pressure of 495 GPa. They have measured the reflectance as a function of wavelength in the visible spectrum finding …

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Neuroprosthesis to mimic, repair and improve cognition

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Kernel is a startup that has a mission to dramatically increase quality of life as we increasingly extend healthy lifespans. They have developed a ready-for-the-clinic brain prosthetic to help people with memory problems. The broad target market includes people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, as well as those who have suffered a stroke …

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Nanoscale particle charge and discharge battery secrets

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An interdisciplinary team has developed a way to track how particles charge and discharge at the nanoscale, an advance that will lead to better batteries for all sorts of mobile applications. In a paper published this week in the journal Science, a team led by William Chueh, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering …

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Femtosecond lasers used to probe phase changes made by nanosecond lasers to develop computer memory follow up to Blu-ray

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DVDs and Blu-ray disks contain so-called phase-change materials that morph from one atomic state to another after being struck with pulses of laser light, with data “recorded” in those two atomic states. Using ultrafast laser pulses that speed up the data recording process, Caltech researchers adopted a novel technique, ultrafast electron crystallography (UEC), to visualize …

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John Kutsch provides an informative energy rant and another video debunks Caldicott

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The morning after Thorium Energy Alliance #6 (TEAC6) ended, John Kutsch engaged in a hotel-room interview. John is concerned about global warming and ocean acidification, yet does not see solar or wind as an effective means of lowering our carbon emissions. “Incompetence often looks like conspiracy so I try to fall on the side of …

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Open thread for December

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In the comments of this article you can submit links and news that you think should discussed by other Nextbigfuture readers. You can also start discussing other topics. If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thankspro Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular …

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