Maurice Mulvenna’s Blog

Interesting 12 minute video on Brain Computer Interfaces here

Inequities are killing people on a “grand scale” reports WHO’s Commission

A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age.

August 2008 report is available from here

Comprehensive survey of brain interface technology designs

UK’s Guardian newspaper has run a story ‘New technology holds the key to supporting people with learning difficulties’.  The story highlights the problem facing carers trying to deliver assistance to those with learning difficulties and how they require support and training in order to understand and provide ICT-based services for those in their care