Cognixion One, a Brain Interface with AR

Brought to my attention.    Updates to Cognixion.   More at the link. Let me know of your experience and I will report it here ....

CXN ONE

The World's First Brain Computer Interface with Augmented Reality

Wearable Speech™ Generating Device   ©2020 Cognixion, Patents Pending

Say Hello to Cognixion ONE​  ...  (link above) 

For too long, the assistive technology industry has relied on repurposed consumer electronics, often years behind the cutting edge of what is possible.

At Cognixion, we believe that every individual deserves a solution as unique as they are – and that it’s possible to build one tool for communication, access, and everything else life brings their way.

Enter Cognixion ONE. No more dangling wires. No more PC monitor blocking your view of the person you’re speaking with. No more leaving your voice and your control at home, or in the classroom; Cognixion ONE is a wearable window to the world, offering both speech and an integrated AI assistant for home automation control and other enrichment. 

Whether you use Cognixion ONE’s AR environment via head pointing, Brain-Computer Interface, or switch, you’ll see how it’s built from the ground up to reduce the lag between intention and outcome.

Think it. Say it. Do it.

Cognixion ONE - The world's first wearable brain computer Interface with AR | Product Hunt

Extending Abilities to the Most Vulnerable

Designed by neurologists and biosignal engineers in concert with Speech-Language Pathologists and a large group of users and professionals, Cognixion ONE comes out of the gate with integrated home automation AI and multiple context-aware predictive keyboards. We’re prepared to meet the needs of anyone with complex communication disorders including CP, ALS, and hundreds of other conditions exhaustively researched and tested by our team.

Almost anyone who has been reliant on switch or eye control access is an immediate candidate for Cognixion ONE, as well as many other conditions for which there was previously no good access method such as Locked-In Syndrome or hyperkinetic conditions causing too much movement for reliable eye tracking. Our durable design and optional accessory straps mean you can use Cognixion ONE with confidence all throughout your daily life.

Your Window to the World

Cognixion ONE is an entirely wireless, mobile solution that doesn’t just give you freedom to move – it gives you freedom to move the world. 

Direct integration with a popular AI assistant (tba) provides access to home automation, music, games, and more; you don’t need to own a hub, because it is a hub. 

Our speech generating software also displays text on the mirrored lens, so you can be understood even in loud environments – or disable sound and use text only for private conversations. 

A 4G cellular connection ensures you always have a direct line to your AI assistant and our other cloud services, all of which are completely secure and compliant with all international privacy laws.  ... '

Word from Cognixion on Brain Computer Interfaces

Update from colleague at Cognixion, developers of Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) for  people with severe disabilities. 

Hi Franz, 

I wanted to share some great news. We recently closed a $1million seed angel round in less than 72 hours. The angel group was assembled and led by Tom Washing of Sequel Venture Partners. The use of proceeds is to accelerate our BCI (Brain Computer Interface) solution that enables people with severe disabilities to speak using only their brainwaves. We are also changing our company name from Smartstones to Cognixion™, to better reflect our vision and value proposition of becoming the cognitive layer to the internet - translating bio-signals like brainwaves into meaning and communication. 

“Andreas has assembled a great team and Cognixion’s technology is on the cutting edge of the quickly developing BCI space. Our group is very excited to join this highly promising venture,” said Washing.

Almost $1 billion has been invested into brain computer interface startups in the last 6 months to a year, and because many these big bets are to build high fidelity hardware and sensing technology, our platform is perfectly suited to integrate brainwaves from ANY BCI company. We will be integrating other BCI device partners with our brainwave pattern recognition software to unleash their potential. Further, we have begun building out our A.I./data science and development team in Toronto, Ontario, and are developing key academic, scientific, clinical and commercial partnerships soon to be announced.

As our vision has evolved, our mission has remained the same. Bring the brightest minds together to create solutions that can unlock a chorus of 370 million nonverbal humans - allowing them to express themselves, their ideas and engage with society in ways never before thought possible.

Cognixion is operating at the intersection of Neuro-technology, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Humanity/Reality, and is helping increase human capacity and capabilities with augmentative technology.

We will be sharing more information as appropriate, but are operating in a relatively quiet/stealth mode as we fortify our platform, partnerships and distribution.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Andreas Forsland

www.speakprose.com 

2017 Roddenberry Prize Winner

Cognixion: Unlocking Speech

Was reminded today of Cognixion,  formerly Smartstones,  and founder Andreas Forsland, which I have a connection with.  Their site features a system called: Speakprose :    " Giving Voice  Speakprose empowers people with communication challenges to achieve an independent life and truly engage with the world.  ... "   You can try it from the link, about to.

They further write about Cognixion,

AI-Powered People
Cognixion is a team of visionary technologists, researchers and designers focused on creating products that accelerate and enrich human communication and physical capabilities. .... 

Our Mission Matters
Cognixion is a mission-driven company, aiming to unlock speech for hundreds of millions of people worldwide affected by communication disabilities. By providing affordable and accessible technologies that are powered by AI (artificial intelligence), the world will look and feel very different in the next decade. We will be interacting with far more AI-Powered People at school, at work and on the go. Imagine a world where there are thousands of creators, scientists, artists, engineers, change-makers and philosophers just like Stephen Hawking, contributing to society now that they have a voice.

Areas of Focus
We build upon and create sound science, cutting-edge technologies and natural interfaces for accessing the world in new ways.

● AI-POWERED NEURAL INTERFACES
Our wireless BCI (brain computer interface) technology optimizes the signals from each user's unique brain and can be fitted to any head shape. By reading brain signals alone, our BCI solution detects attention toward an object that represents the intended speech.

● ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Our advanced machine learning algorithms adapt to the nuances in how users interact with our technology. With each use, our technology gets smarter and more efficient at recognizing, and even predicting what the user intends to communicate.

● AUGMENTED REALITY
We enable users to simultaneously interact with their physical environment and the overlaid digital world. As they select an object in AR to indicate their intended speech, we personalize communication options according to the user's current context and adapt the AR system based on changing environments.

● APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE
We create solutions based on behavioral and brain science to support learning and operation. Our structured digital environments are motivating, easy to use, and quickly develop new capabilities.

● FOSTERING HUMAN CAPABILITIES
We build on whatever abilities are available – hearing, touch, gesture, movement, or even simply attention to the environment – as we design interfaces to enable nonverbal individuals communicate their intentions.

● BEHAVIORAL BENEFITS & SOCIAL IMPACT
We improve quality of life and create economic impact. Easier access to communication for the nonverbal individual means reductions in frustration, isolation, and costly behavioral interventions. Their newfound independence and social inclusion leads to new opportunities to close the equity gap. ... " 

Cognixion Enabling Assistant Support with AI

Long time correspondent Andreas Forsland provides information about Cognixion:

Cognixion™: Giving AI-Superpowers to Humans with Disabilities

Andreas Forsland, Founder & CEO  in CIO Review

Although smart and intellectual, world-renowned scientist, Stephen Hawking, would not have contributed to cosmology and theoretical physics without the necessary assistive technology support to communicate with the external world. Leveraging state-of-the-art, but expensive technology, Hawking could unsheathe new dimensions in the field of science just by blinking an eye and twitching a cheek. 

Now, what many don’t realize is that there are almost half a billion people worldwide with speech disabilities and over a billion with accessibility barriers if you include hearing and vision loss. There are likely hundreds or even thousands of people out there just like Stephen Hawking, awaiting the right technology at the right price to unlock their own creativity, curiosity, self-expression, and inclusion. 

Try imagining a world where every differently abled person could seamlessly communicate without being hampered by their disabilities. But, is it possible to contrive advanced technologies of this kind at scale? “The vivid applications of latest technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and augmented reality (AR) can make it possible,” answers Andreas Forsland, founder and CEO of Cognixion. With a desire to democratize communication, Forsland laid the foundation of Cognixion, an AI-based company. Cognixion brings together the power of AI, ML, and AR to devise affordable products that enrich human communication. “Through our inventive technology, we allow differentially abled people to use their brain waves to control objects around them in the real and digital world. It is like a virtual mouse reading brain signals and taking decisions accordingly.”  .... "