Dr. Ramses Alcaide is explaining the electroencephalography (EEG) technology that his company Neurable uses to track activity with its brain-computer interface (BCI). Alcaide is the CEO and co-founder, and notes that a huge problem with EEG sensors is that they are often affixed to bulky, awkward-looking headsets -- not exactly something you want to wear out in public. And to him, that's why the technology hasn't yet "created the type of impact that they could [on] the world." Sure, we've seen a variety of headbands over the last decade, but those add an additional device to your bag. Alcaide argues there's a better way to use EEG tech that's even less intrusive.

Activity trackers have come a long way. No longer mere step-counters, they can monitor your heart rate, blood oxygen level, and skin temperature, and can even detect whether you suffer from sleep apnea. Now, there's a new wearable for your brain--and I've been testing it out for the past two weeks. Today, Boston-based company Neurable announced the launch of its smart headphones, dubbed the MW75 Neuro, which use electroencephalography, or EEG, and artificial intelligence to track the wearer's focus levels by reading their brain waves. The device sends this data to a mobile app, with the goal of helping the user tweak their habits to improve their work routine.

Neurable CEO Ramses Alcaide has a mission: bring neurotechnology out of research labs -- and surgical suites -- and into everyday life. "Neurable exists to make brain-computer interfaces an everyday thing," Alcaide says. He envisions a future where the neurotechnology that allows Neurable's products to read brainwaves via electrical signals -- without surgical implants -- is used to track cognitive capability and mental health, like a Fitbit for the brain. The company is also building towards a future where brain-computer interfaces (BCI) allow people with disabilities to easily control prosthetics and robotics, and even lets people who cannot speak communicate again. Their current device, still only available as a preorder, is a set of headphones, called Enten. The headphones are designed to read electrical signals produced by neurons in your brain, a technique called electroencephalography, or EEG for short.

Neurable had revealed plans for brain-computer interface (BCI) headphones. Neurable creates brain-enabled control directed towards virtual and augmented reality. The headphones are similar to previous products designed to learn from human movement and predict intent. This idea was proposed by the product lead, Dr. Ramses Alcaide. He was inspired by his uncle's successful engineering of his prosthetic legs following a horrific automobile accident. After the incident, Alcaide realized the usefulness of technology that could assist users with physical mobility.

A neurotechnology company claims its new headphones can read your mind. For $279, you can pre-order Enten, a brain-computer interface (BCI) headset from Boston-based Neurable that looks like a regular pair of high-end headphones. But the system's cloth sensors track your neurons like a mobile EEG, monitoring the electrical impulses in your brain and learning what they look like when you're concentrating. The system can then silence notifications, turn up noise-canceling white noise or even suggest a break to recharge your mental batteries. Neurable CEO Ramses Alcaide says he was inspired to create a'mind-reading' headset by his uncle, who constructed his own prosthetics after losing his legs in a car accident.

Brain-machine interfaces (BMI) and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are devices that enable direct ... [ ] communication between a brain and an external device. Philosopher John Locke said, "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts." Locke lived during the Age of Enlightenment. But what does it mean when machine actions are the result of human thoughts? No longer part of science fiction, many would argue that brain-machine and brain-computer interfaces are the next way we will communicate with machines and even with one another. Brain-machine interfaces (BMI) and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are devices that enable direct communication between a brain and an external device.

Imagine being able to make a machine do your bidding with your thoughts alone, no button pressing, typing, screen tapping or fumbling with remote controls, just brain power. Well, this sci-fi scenario could be closer to reality than you think. Bill Kochevar's life was changed, seemingly irrevocably, when he was paralysed from the shoulders down following a cycling accident nearly a decade ago. But last year he was fitted with a brain-computer interface, or BCI, that enabled him to move his arm and hand for the first time in eight years. Sensors were implanted in his brain, then over a four-month period Mr Kochevar trained the system by thinking about specific movements, such as turning his wrist or gripping something.

A startup has created the world's first brain-controlled virtual reality game. The VR game from Boston-based company Neurable lets you navigate and play along in a virtual worlds, controlling the experience using only your thoughts. The company unveiled the interface this week at the SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles, inviting developers to create games for it. Neurable designed scalp electrodes to record electrical signals in the brain. The company applies brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in a way that allows for an'intention-based interaction.'