New wave in tech: hacking the brain


  • TECH
  • Monday, 11 Jan 2016

BrainCo CEO Bicheng Han wears the BrainCo Focus 1 to use bio feedback to change the color of a lamp by concentrating or relaxing during a press conference at the CES 2016 Consumer Electronics Show on January 7, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.AFP PHOTO / DAVID MCNEW

LAS VEGAS: The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain. 

A new breed of neuro-hacker is finding ways to capture and manipulate brainwaves to improve health, with potential to help the severely handicapped. 

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