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Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds

Bakar Fellow Rikky Muller is developing earbuds that detect brain waves in the same way as an electroencephalogram (EEG), a test that doctors use to measure electrical activity in the brain. While most EEGs detect brain waves using a series of electrodes attached to the head, the earbuds do so using built-in electrodes that are designed to make contact with the ear canal.
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Meet an Inventor: Ana Arias

In a conversation with IPIRA, Bakar Fellow Ana Arias tells her story as an inventor. Dr. Arias, whose research considers printed electronic materials and their application in flexible electronics and wearable medical devices, has co-founded several companies to commercialize her inventions including InkSpace Imaging and Tierra Metrics.
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