Cerebral Hack

Firstly I want to thank my bud @EdRabbit and his friend @VioletBlue who are in the San Francisco area for giving me a hand at Interviewing and Demoing at OCZ HQ.  Located in San Jose, CA. with me being in Chicago (and in this economy) they opted to do the foot work for me, much thanks, you two did a stellar job!  I hope you two had a lot of fun :)

For more information on the OCZ NIA you can read ther review we did for the device HERE. For some custom mods that have been done by its development community and can find the links to various Applications HERE. And you can join in the discutions within its community HERE

Listening to the audio interview, and then myself having a talk with Dr. Michael Schuette on the phone, Ive come to gain a lot of respect for OCZ and where they have gone with the NIA, their philosophies on BCI and business within its market in general.  For those that don’t know, OCZ is a manufacturer of High Performance RAM for anything from “1337 gaming rigs” to professional engineering machines that run ProE and SolidWorks at the same time.  A lot of people down talk it because it doesn’t do what they expect it to.  When in fact it does more than what they let on, and have plans in the future to do even more.  Dr. Schuette even says:
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Sometimes we all have to take a step back and take notice to the advancements in technology; and the aspects in place, as to why we are as far as we are when it comes to the technology we have grown accustomed to. Without medical advancements in Neurology and our now very (yet still limited) extensive knowledge of the brain, this site and others like it would not exist.

This is the story of Jennifer Bechard of Michigan about her fight against Hydrocephalus and what YOU can do to help.  She has agreed to share her tale  for CerebralHack.com in hopes that more people will take notice of this illness that affects so many and educate those that may not be familiar with Hydrocephalus.

What is Hydrocephalus? How does it feel to have a headache all day, everyday? Never experiencing a moment without any form of relief? Although hydrocephalus is not the typical household word, it is not uncommon. Hydrocephalus, commonly referred to as “water on the brain”, is a lifelong chronic neurological condition, characterized by an increased volume of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) within the spaces inside the brain. Hydrocephalus affects over one million Americans from newborns to seniors and presently, there is no cure…. (continue reading…)

• Neurosky’s BCI MindSet Released yesterday! $199 http://tr.im/n7YS #BCI #brain
• The Emotiv SDK including an EPOC SDK headset now available $500 http://tr.im/neYW
• RT @allblue1914 Get ready 2 take U computer interaction 2a new level W/ Emotiv’s Epoc http://emotiv.com/INDS_2/inds_2_3.html <– Great Demo
• Cerebral Hack Updates! Emotiv gets Green Light! http://tr.im/nrfb Neurosky’s MindSet Released! http://tr.im/nrfi RT
• URL Fixed! Cerebral Hack Updates! Emotiv gets Green Light! http://tr.im/nrmb Neurosky’s MindSet Released! http://tr.im/nrfi RT
• OCZ NIA IP owners Brainfingers have announced their Beta SDK and New training Software for the NIA http://tr.im/nyey Some Great Updates here
• Cerebral Hack Reviews: OCZ NIA Training Software 3.0 http://tr.im/nyWl
• RT @thinkberg BBCI Demo: Real-time control of a an “Adams Family” pinball machine via BCI. Foto coverage at http://twurl.nl/ro3wyy
• Electrocorticography Reads The Brain’s Surface http://tr.im/nG3I
• DIY Brain Hacking via….ping-pong balls? http://tr.im/nG4j
• Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #BCI #hacking #consciousness

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