IBM Plans to Use Computer Chip Brain Implant to Predict Seizures From: Medical Design Technology - 04/08/2016 About 2.2 million people in the United States suffer from epilepsy. Due to varying factors contributing to the disorder, the Epilepsy Foundation estimates that for around half the people diagnosed the cause is unknown. Though there are some warning signs of an imminent seizure, the events are largely unpredictable. IBM and University of Melbourne researchers are looking to change that. According to Wired, the researchers are training a neural network to track brain wave patterns with the hope that it may one day predict an oncoming seizure. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/04/ibm-plans-use-computer-chip-brain-implant-predict-seizures http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/04/ibm-researchers-want-use-computer-chip-predict-seizures Links: Warning Signs of Seizures http://www.epilepsy.com/get-help/managing-your-epilepsy/understanding-seizures-and-emergencies/warning-signs-seizures IBM Wants to Implant Fake Brains in Real Brains to Prevent Seizures http://www.wired.com/2016/04/ibm-wants-implant-fake-brains-real-brains-prevent-seizures Computer Chip Detects Brain Waves That Could Predict Seizures http://www.popsci.com/computer-chip-detects-brain-waves-that-could-predict-seizures Related: Human Brain Project Attempting Detailed Brain Simulations http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/09/human-brain-project-attempting-detailed-brain-simulations Minisensor Placed in the Ear Warns of Epileptic Seizures http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/04/minisensor-placed-ear-warns-epileptic-seizures Project Aims to Help Brain Fix Itself http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/10/project-aims-help-brain-fix-itself