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Neurotechnology Offers Intriguing Tool to Fight Terrorism
TORRANCE, CA (Medical Newswire) Advances in brain monitoring and other forms of neurotechnology may soon offer investigators a powerful tool in the fight against terrorism, according to Neurotech Business Report, a new industry newsletter. A recent issue of the publication describes the efforts of a start-up neurotechnology firm called Brain Fingerprinting Laboratories to help investigators determine whether suspects in custody have knowledge of terrorist acts or organizations.
Their device reads EEG signals to determine whether or not a suspect's brain has a record of relevant words, phrases or images. Although the technology has produced some intriguing results, it has also generated some controversy within the scientific, legal and business communities. Neurotech Business Report editors critically analyzed the market outlook and underlying technology of brain state sensing and other forms of neurodiagnostics. A related article in the same issue traces the history of quantitative EEG commercial activity, including a dispute pitting neurologists against psychologists.
Other articles in the current issue of Neurotech Business Report include a report from the recent NIH Neural Prosthesis Workshop, which attracted over 200 leading biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, clinicians and device manufacturers in the field. The report summarizes state-of-the-art research on neural prostheses, including a direct brain interface for controlling a robotic arm and promising work on a visual prosthesis. The issue also features profiles of Medtronic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of neurostimulation devices, and the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, as well as dozens of articles on financial deals, research highlights and commercial activity within the neurotechnology industry.
Neurotech Business Report was launched in September 2001 by a distinguished team of science writers, biomedical engineers and business journalists to cover the neurotechnology industry. Neurotechnology refers to the application of electronics and engineering within the human nervous system. The publication is published monthly in print format and weekly in electronic format. The publishers have recently introduced a free E-mail newsletter that offers recipients news briefs and article summaries from the newsletter.
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