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Which cutting-edge technology just took a big logistical step forward?

Answer: brain monitoring

Scientists have monitored the brain activity of their subjects for years, but the first portable, dry brain activity monitoring system was recently released by researchers from the Jacobs School of Engineering and Institute for Neural Computation at UC San Diego.

The 64-channel apparatus comes with software for data interpretation and analysis. By releasing this device, the scientists hope to move their field of study outside of research and into the hands of more people.

"This is going to take neuroimaging to the next level by deploying on a much larger scale," said Mike Yu Chi, a Jacobs School alumnus and project leader. "You will be able to work in subjects' homes. You can put this on someone driving."

More information on the brainy tech can be found at Phys.org.

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Colin wrote for Government Technology and Emergency Management from 2010 through most of 2016.