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Unless there's something that I've missed, this seems like a lot of work just to essentially have the bird logo in place of the X logo.

The first thing I notice is that both the first and last authors of this paper are industry-affiliated. Not to say there's anything inherently problematic with that, but at least raises an eyebrow about the motivation behind this study.

See the paper again (the methods are at the end of the paper). They reported 27 subjects.

Seems more like you are describing what is called the hypnagogic state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia)

I wonder how this study can be used as evidence against determinism, ie., that humans really do possess free will. If the coin toss relevantly affects the person's decision, then it seems like random chance plays a key role in affecting our experience, right?

Can anyone here recommend a good reference (blog, e-book, etc.) for beginners in Bayesian statistical analysis?

But there are tons of businesses that are better off using revenue as funding.

Any specific examples?

Hate to rain on this person's parade, but his findings are mostly meaningless. You cannot simply infer neurological activity from a single electrode. Besides the need for a proper ground/reference, you also need electrodes placed in the correct anatomical locations to derive any meaningful insights into attention networks.

Just came here to see if anyone else noticed it and it's funny that it's the only comment ATM :D

I think someone should come up with a browser extension to disable custom scroll jacking.

I imagine that after 30 minutes of being inclined while using the keyboard/mouse, the reduced blood circulation in your hands and arms from gravitational resistance will cause them to be incredibly tired/ fatigued.

A wonderful piece, almost read like a novel.

At the end, I couldn't help but try to derive some overall take-away. The best I could come up with was to cherish your friendships and always try to keep in touch. One concern I would have is whether or not today's internet-based culture could hinder this?

Happens to me quite often if I accidentally have something in my pocket which presses down the Home button of the iPhone for a few seconds.

If only there was a way people could vote on certain stories based on if they felt the article was interesting or not.

Oh wait.. /s

I've been using W10 on v4 fine for the past few weeks. Planning to update right now though.. anything you are concerned about specifically?

The view of brain oscillations driving (or even partially modulating) neural activity is further supported by research involving stimulating the brain using Alternating Currents [1] I'm currently doing my PhD on this topic, and it seems so far that targeting AC (with an entrained frequency) to various motor-related neural networks can actually enhance the motor skill and even motor learning.

Brain oscillations are quite phenomenal, and the causal role of these synchronisations still require further research.

[1] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.021

The only way this would be a killer feature in my book is if it analyses my entire inbox to generate the result. It would be more realistic since it is actually based on email and not published writing samples, which are not always indicative of communication.

True, but you have a much smaller "margin of error" (+/- 1 hour) as opposed to the many more inconveniences described in the article.

That bodybuilding.com thread is gold

Cool experiment, but not letting your family in on it? Not sure how this will affect future trust issues...

I would venture the trend is because there are consumers (maybe a significant percentage) who, when comparing different options, simply make a choice based on "bigger is better".

Perhaps it's more practical and better with temporal resolution, but it depends on how concerned you are with spatial resolution too (which EEG is quite poor with).

I completely agree here. Good information here, and lots of potential when you think about it could be applied with other machine learning algorithms that are currently being used with "real-time fMRI". Indeed, I don't think we're far off from reducing the gap between neuronal activity and behavioral patterns, but we need to keep in mind that the brain is incredibly complex, highly variable between individuals, and most of the time, presents quite a poor signal-to-noise ratio with the technology currently available.

I'm actually a PhD student studying this exact technology in Germany. I can say without a doubt that this type of stimulation has proven potential in enhancing cognitive functions (if proper protocol and safety aspects are respected). This is a really exciting field which I think will really explode in the next few years once the montage and paradigms are optimized (which is exactly what I'm working on!)

I've heard many good things about Cologne, but most of them being more geared to the touristic/cultural side of the city. It's apparently one of the most multi-cultural cities after Berlin I think.

As an American student studying for a PhD in Germany, I would say that basically all of the reasons listed here could be applied to Germany as well (except maybe the 30% rule).

Reusing modes can actually be quite good if you're concerned about space efficiency.

For example, having excessive controls in the car stereo might be a bad idea since drivers could potentially be distracted. So having the big volume knob to fine tune the bass level for example would be much more preferable to having six individual knobs that the user would have to look through and find.

Is it possible that this is simply just the effect of a Bell Curve (i.e, the normal (Gaussian) distribution of a field)?

Anyone else experience out-of-whack CPU usage when loading up a tutorial?

Okay, I wouldn't really call his article a "critique". He's just presenting his thoughts on an app that hasn't even been released, and his points seem valid based on the initial feature list of the app.

nice product. Just out of curiosity, how exactly do you attach your app to Gmail? The way I imagine it: basically, this is just a big javascript application which inserts itself inside the gmail view using DOM manipulation?