Zack Lynch is the founder and executive director of the Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) and co-founder of NeuroInsights. He serves on the advisory boards of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT,Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics, the InnerSpace Foundation, the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies and SocialText, a social software company. His book on how brain science is changing our world will be available July 2009. Please send newsworthy items or feedback - to Zack Lynch.
Don't miss the next Bay Area Future Salon on August 12th, where Dr. Mike Chorost, SRI International, and my brother, Dr. Eric Lynch, Sound Pharmaceuticals, will discuss the present state of neural technologies for treating deafness and their likely future. Dr. Chorost will open by explaining how the most advanced neurostimulation technology on the market, the cochlear implant, enables the deaf to hear. Dr. Lynch will follow with a discussion of audioceutical technologies may actually prevent and cure deafness.
Where: Thursday 12th of August. SAP Labs North America, Building D, Room Southern Cross, 3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304. 7pm.