Brmlab September 2011

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4 questions on tDCS - for the French leading sci. pop. magazine Science & Vie
by Francois Lassagne 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Hi, I am a science writer, working for the first science popularization magazine in France: Science & Vie (paid circulation: 300 000). I am investigating a quite exciting topic : cognitive enhancement by tDCS. It should be the cover story of a coming issue of Science & Vie. I don't want to write a review or a "state of the art" paper, but rather I'd like to address the fact that tDCS is a fairly easy and cheap technique, and thus it could be appealing to a lot of people. After all, this technique promises to help to enhance some of important cognitive skills.: there are a few studies indeed which show that short sessions of tDCS can improve working memory, the ability to detect concealed details in a scene, mathematical abilities, ... (see attached). So I thought that among the hackerspaces around the world, some of them might already be crafting projects relying on tDCS... And I stumbled upon the "Biofeedback, Brain Hacking" section on brmlab website. I understand that you have already made a tDCS device. I'd really like to learn more about this project. Would you agree to answer the few following questions,it would be of great help. 1/ When did brmlab get interested in tDCS and why ? How many people are involved, and what skills do they have ? 2/ How did you design the tDCS device ? What kind of difficulties did you encounter ? 3/ Have you already done experiments with it ? If so, what sort of experiments ? Did they work ? What kind of risk did you have to take into account (electrical, physiological ...) ? 4/ What do you expect using tDCS ? Thanking you in anticipation for your help, - Note that if you'd prefer to chat on IRC rather than write a reply, it's ok by me; just tell me when I should join the brmlab channel and what nickname to look for, kind regards, Francois Lassagne -- Francois LASSAGNE Journaliste scientifique / Science Writer +44 121 346 1321 +33 6 85 83 76 94 flassagne(a)btinternet.com Skype: flassagne MSN: flassagne(a)hotmail.fr SIP (Ekiga, NetMeeting,QuTeCom...) : flassagne(a)ekiga.net twitter : flassagne http://langagemachine.toile-libre.org

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pro ucastniky CCC
by Miroslav Ludvik 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Ahoj, v HW labu lezi muj stn, ale nevidel jsem k nemu koliky a tyce. Muzete to prosim dat na hromadu. Diky Lui

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[peter@null.priv.at: brmlab at Metaday?]
by Petr Baudis 26 Sep '11

26 Sep '11

Mili BRMaci! Co si o nize uvedenem napadu (vypravit se na Metaday - zrejme trochu obdoba nasich lightning talku, ale s predsunutou delsi hostovanou prednaskou) myslite? Mne to prijde jako super napad (a mohli bychom pozvani casem Metalabakum oplatit), jen nevim, jestli se tak rychle je schopne utrhnout smysluplne mnozstvi lidi, abychom zvladli brmlab pekne predstavit - tak se ozvete, kdo byste chteli do Vidne bud 7.10. nebo zacatkem prosince. Discuss! ----- Forwarded message from Peter Kuhm <peter(a)null.priv.at> ----- Dear brmlab, I'm not aware that we've talked at Finowfurt (which is a pity) but I met some of you earlier this year at the Progressbar opening. Would you like to to hold the Metaday main talk on the evening of Friday Okt. 7th presenting your space and some of your projects (electronics, biolab, whatever,..) This is our monthly event for a broader audience - though technical understanding can be assumed. cf. http://metalab.at/wiki/Veranstaltungsarchiv#Metadays ff. We invite cool experts on mixed interesting topics, journalists, – and the neighbouring hackerspace community, e.g. - https://metalab.at/wiki/Metaday_8 Viktor from nextlab.hu - https://metalab.at/wiki/Metaday_17 the Bratislava connection - https://metalab.at/wiki/Metaday_31 stef from H.A.C.K. Unfortunately we can't offer an appropriate fee but EUR 100,- for some travel expenses compensation – and it should be possible to find a sleeping place for the weekend at the home of one of our couchsurfers at Metalab. If you like to but can't make it on Oct. 7 we could talk about a December date too. you can always jabber me at pk(a)jabber.metalab.at or pk(a)jabber.hackerspaces.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.

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Fwd: [Haluze] Mind-reading technology reconstructs videos from brain
by shady 25 Sep '11

25 Sep '11

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Pavol Luptak" <wilder(a)hq.alert.sk> To: haluze(a)hq.alert.sk Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 5:05:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Haluze] Mind-reading technology reconstructs videos from brain http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mindreading-technology-reconst… -- _______________________________________________________________ [wilder(a)trip.sk] [http://trip.sk/wilder/] [talker: ttt.sk 5678] _______________________________________________ Haluze mailing list Haluze(a)hq.alert.sk http://Haluze.hq.alert.sk

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Open Scraper challenge posunuty na 8.-9.10.
by Ondrej Mikle 24 Sep '11

24 Sep '11

Open Scraper challenge posunuty na 8.-9.10. Mozete to tiez opravit na wiki/events? OM

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Fwd: [General-discussion] fyi - zlepsite si pracu v prikazovom riadku zdielanim svojich sedeni
by shady 24 Sep '11

24 Sep '11

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Re: [Brmlab] Fwd: [General-discussion] tip na zlepsenie fluidnej inteligencie
by None 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

> Lebo zvysovat pocet krokov nema vyznam s 2 prvkami, lebo to je pre teba > uz prilis mechanicke memorovanie. > > Podla mna by si mal skusit 4 kroky dozadu so 4 prvkami. Teda na webe som > videl len triple n-back, mozno aj to by stacilo. To jsem jeste nezkousel. Jednou jsem prepnul zvuk na piano a jelikoz nemam absolutni sluch tak me to vydesilo, dva tony po sobe pochopitelne poznam, ale v pameti nemam jak reprezetovat ktery to byl, takze potom uz ho nepoznam, lepe receno nejsem si jistej pokud je currentni ton blizko. Tahle prihoda me mirne odradila menit defaultni nastaveni. Triple jsem nikdy nezkousel. Hlavne taky jsem nekde zahledl clanek (jen nadpis) neco jako `Single N-back being nearly equally efficient as dual-N-back', takze jsem se snazil spis zvysovat N, s tim ze az nekdy dojdu na N=8 tak zkusim menit ostatni parametry. Mozna bych mohl zkusit single N-back, jestli bych dokazal dojit na N=6. Koneckoncu co je to jineho nez mechanicke memorovani + velke soustredeni. U blba to inteligenci urcite neprobudi, ale kdyz ma nekdo treba jen problem se soustredenim a kratkodobou pameti a jinak je povahy zvidave tak verim, ze to muze pomoct. David

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Fwd: [General-discussion] tip na zlepsenie fluidnej inteligencie
by shady 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Matej Nemcek" <ybdaba(a)gmail.com> To: "1st Slovak Hackerspace general discussion" <general-discussion(a)lists.progressbar.sk> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:46:53 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [General-discussion] tip na zlepsenie fluidnej inteligencie Juraj ma poprosil, aby som to sem fwdol, tak preposielam "zabudnite na krizovky a pocuvanie mozarta" Aby ste si vylepsili vase schopnosti riesit viacej abstraktnych problemov, staci vam 20 minut kazdy den v priebehu 20 dnich a uvidite vysledky. Na cvicenie sa pouziva dual n-back training. V skratke ide kratke testy, kde clovek sleduje dva vecne prvky, ktore si ma pamatat n-krokov dozadu a potvrdit, ci sa dany jav opakuje. Viac http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brain_1.html http://technoccult.net/archives/2011/06/01/n-back-training-exercise-still-h… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-back Je na to kvantum aplikacii, sledovane prvky su od tvarovych obrazov cez vyskyt polohy daneho obrazca po rozne kombinacie hovoreneho slova az ku identifikovaniu stlacenia hudobnej klavesy a prave preto n-krokov, lebo pamatat si 4 kroky dozadu naozaj precvicuje. Osobne sem tam precvicujem, ale aj zalezi cim sa clovek zapodieva pracovne && konickami. Kto si to chce narychlo vyskusat http://www.soakyourhead.com/dual-n-back.aspx w. _______________________________________________ General-discussion mailing list General-discussion(a)lists.progressbar.sk http://lists.progressbar.sk/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion

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Fwd: ramky
by shady 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

nechcete sa niekto zbavit ? ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "matej @ arachne" <matej(a)arachne.cz> To: "shady" <shady(a)ynet.sk> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:16:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: ramky ECC 133MHz DDR (!) :) vlastne neco jako toto, ale kdyby to bylo hned a zadarmo ;] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemNext&item=110748017670&pt=LH_D…

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[bubenska1@gmail.com: [Rada] Kontrola EPS]
by Petr Baudis 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

----- Forwarded message from bubenska 1 <bubenska1(a)gmail.com> ----- Dobrý deň, dnes, štvrtok 22.9.2011 prebieha na budove Bubenská 1 kontrola EPS -- Elektronických protipožiarnych hlásičov. V rámci tejto kontroly je možné, že bude potrebný vstup aj do niektorých kancelárskych priestorov za účelom kontroly čidiel. Teda vstupovať sa bude do kancelárii, kde sa protipožiarne čidlá nachádzajú. Konkrétny nájomcovia budú vždy kontaktovaný telefónom, no v prípade že sa kontakt nepodarí, bude musieť pracovník vstúpiť do potrebných priestorov. Vždy bude vstupovať v sprievode člena ostrahy. Za pochopenie Vám vopred pekne ďakujeme. Správa budovy BB 1 Pavol Fraňo Hello, today 22nd of September 2011 on Bubenska 1 building there is EPS (engineered protection system) system control. There may be needed enter to some of the office spaces in the building. These of You, whose offices needs to be entered during control will be informed and contacted by phone call. Thank You for Your understanding. Pavol Frano ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.

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