A couple of months ago, we talked about the work HRL Laboratories is doing to use transcranial direct current stimulation to prompt direct-to-brain learning. In that case, the brain activity of commercial and military pilots was sent into the heads of novice pilots, which taught them how to fly a flight simulator.
Now, people ranging from Navy SEALS to professional athletes are using another brain-stimulation technology to level up their skills. It’s called Halo Sport, and it uses electrodes to stimulate the brain’s motor cortex, which in turn sends stronger signals to your muscles — allowing them to reap greater rewards from every rep.
- From a distance, it looks like a regular pair of headphones. But as its wearer exercises or navigates unfamiliar terrain, the Halo Sport device beams a flow of electrical pulses to the brain’s motor cortex. The result, its creators claim, is a supercharged ability to learn new skills and build physical strength — a brain primed for performance.
And apparently, it works:
- One set of data from the US ski jumping team showed that athletes who trained using Halo improved their “jump force” by 31 percent while a control group doing the same training without Halo improved just 18 percent. At the top tier of any sport, that kind of edge is the difference between a champion and an also-ran.
That’s some amazing stuff. But here’s what struck me — anyone can buy Halo’s product for $549 … except they’re currently sold out.
You buying it?
- A New Device Stimulates The Brain To Boost Athletic Performance
- Halo Claims To Make You Jump Higher, Think Faster, Remember Longer
- Halo Neuroscience
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Brian Clark
Further
further: health
The Ultimate Succession Plan
Elizabeth Parrish has become the first human being to be successfully rejuvenated by gene therapy, after the experimental therapies developed by Bioviva reversed 20 years of normal telomere shortening, which is the cause of aging. One possible caveat — Elizabeth is the CEO of the company that developed the treatment.
First Gene Therapy Successful Against Human Aging
The Old Fashioned Way
If gene therapy isn’t your thing, this piece examines women in or near their 70s sharing their stories, which in turn will lead to research questions that could be explored scientifically.
No Limits
Most people agree that health is important. And while answers may vary about what actually constitutes “good health,” few people believe they have achieved it or are satisfied with where they are at. Here are the two most common beliefs that keep healthy from happening.
Is One of These Limiting Beliefs Preventing You From Getting Healthy?
further: wealth
Your Money and Your Life
People with more money live longer. Health worsens as you go down the social ladder. In this view, one’s relative status plays a big role in determining health and life expectancy. As long as you don’t work yourself to death.
What research on English dukes can teach us about why the rich live longer
Venture Applicant
That job might come with a great salary, cool perks, and strong benefits, but if you stop there when evaluating whether or not to accept the offer, you literally could be selling yourself short.
Why You Should Evaluate Job Offers Like An Investor
Spend Wisely
Wealth is more than money, and what you spend your money on matters when it comes to happiness. We’ve heard that buying experiences makes us happier than buying stuff, but the truth is more nuanced than that.
further: wisdom
Ritual de lo Habitual
Not long ago, we discussed the magic of implementing a morning ritual, but perhaps there’s more. Having an evening ritual allows you to go bed with a clear mind, sleep better, and free up space in your mind for creative thinking.
Why Having an Evening Ritual is As Important As Having a Morning One
Grow Your Mind
We talk a lot about a growth versus fixed mindset here at Further, because it’s that important. I love this article on the topic at Brain Pickings, plus the illustrative graphic that delineates between the two ways of thinking.
Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives
This Isn’t Real
This may be out there for some of you, but it involves the only questions that truly matter. What’s real? What is the nature of consciousness? The ironic thing is that the science on this is more “woo woo” than anything some charlatan could conjure.
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