/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades. en-us zack@neuroinsights.com 2009-09-21T14:02:34-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2009/09/21/2019_president_signs_nina_neuro_information_nondiscrimination_act.php A few weeks ago I participated in a day long discussion at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto around the topic of When Everything is Programmable. Lots of very interesting scenarios and viewpoints were shared. For my part,... 74067@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2009-09-21T14:02:34-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2009/09/10/decade_of_mind_v_takes_the_message_to_berlin.php Big brain thinkers are aggregating in Berlin over next few days for the Decade of the Mind V Conference. The three themes are Education (how neuroscience can aid educational research and policy); Social Policy (how neuroeconomics can inform public policy);... 74057@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2009-09-10T16:41:02-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2009/01/13/decade_of_the_mind.php I'm off to New Mexico to participate in a Decade of the Mind meeting. DOM-IV is focusing on "Reverse Engineering the Brain: Sowing the Seeds for Technology Innovation" and has a pre-conference session on neuroethics, legal, and social issues, followed... 73685@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2009-01-13T11:46:49-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2008/06/03/experimental_man_project_goes_live.php Don't miss David Ewing Duncan's ongoing experiments on himself at ExperimentalMan.com... 73346@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2008-06-03T14:42:46-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2007/07/11/tester_a_neurotech_movie_script_bought_by_dreamworks.php Only in Hollywood...The Hollywood Reporter says that DreamWorks and Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired the spec script Tester by first-time screenwriter Colin Trevorrow. The story centers on a young war vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who is recruited for a... 72485@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2007-07-11T15:09:23-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2007/02/13/lifeboat_foundation_safe_guarding_humanity.php I recently joined the Lifeboat Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board for neuroscience and human trajectories. The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies,... 72001@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2007-02-13T12:09:14-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/07/06/an_oxytocin_not_oil_shortage.php We don't face an oil shortage as much as an oxytocin shortage says NYTimes columnist David Brooks. I couldn't agree more. In a brilliant op-ed piece on July 2 titled "Of Human Bonding" he explains. "If I had $37 billion... 61271@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2006-07-06T12:20:51-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/06/05/human_enhancement_a_view_from_washington.php Here is an interview I gave with United Press International last week after my talk at the AAAS Human Enhancement meeting in Washington D.C. Mark Frankel, the meeting organizer, did an excellent job of bringing together many knowledgeable speakers from... 59457@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2006-06-05T10:59:56-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2006/05/09/before_the_brain_bombshould_we_build_or_ban_neuroweapons.php Imagine it was 1935 and you were at a gathering that was exploring the geopolitical implications of developing the A-Bomb. Last week I was afforded the opportunity to spend several days with 30 others discussing and debating the implications of... 57536@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2006-05-09T17:54:19-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/11/16/what_drives_great_surges_of_development.php Carlota Perez has a clue: "Great surges of development represent the gradual integral transformation of both the techno-economic and the socio-institutional spheres of the social system, through the assimilation a cluster of converging technologies. A great surge leads to structural... 4327@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2004-11-16T04:56:25-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/07/20/forecasting_the_neurosociety.php I have spent the past few weeks writing a chapter on neuropolicy for a book on converging technologies. Here is a small excerpt about the model I use to understand our emerging neurosociety: "If forecasting a specific event or potential... 4259@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2004-07-20T21:00:35-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/06/15/long_living_humans_require_better_tools_for_mental_health.php In a recent Fortune article, The End of Aging, Aubrey de Grey boldly predicts that life spans will increase dramatically in the coming years. Needless to say, his thoughts have created quite a bit of conversation (see the 100 comments... 4233@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2004-06-15T18:35:16-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/02/12/lynchs_15_laws_of_the_neurosociety.php Each year John Brockman at the Edge poses a thought provoking question to the world community to ponder and answer. Last year's question was "What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your... 4112@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2004-02-12T13:11:55-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2004/02/10/emergent_democracy_participatory_economics_and_social_software.php By viewing history as a series of techno-economic waves with accompanying socio-political responses it is possible to understand how new technologies shape human society. As Brian Arthur has successfully argued, the information technology wave has reached the golden age. While... 4108@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2004-02-10T10:41:34-05:00 http://brainwaves.corante.com/archives/2003/12/10/plows_bronze_and_wheels.php A piece from my book, that may soon become a note... Around 10,000 years ago humans began to take advantage of their natural landscapes in ways that their ancestors could not have imagined. The agricultural revolution began in fits and... 4072@/home/corante/public_html/brainwaves/ NeuroWave 2050 2003-12-10T16:51:18-05:00