In the future, your doctor may prescribe you a videogame.
In a groundbreaking new study at the University of California, San Francisco, scientists found that older adults improved cognitive controls such as multitasking and the ability to sustain attention by playing a specially designed videogame - and that the effects can be long lasting.
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If you've ever wondered what thinking about nothing looks like, here it is. It's the result of an experiment by artist Gustav Metzger, who hooked himself up to a robotic carving machine—while thinking long and hard about absolutely nothing.
The machine takes EEG signals—essentially the electrical signals from the brain, measured through the scalp—and then uses them to dictate the patterns it cuts into a piece of Portland Stone. The result's rather beautiful, and itself looks like some kind of abstract artwork depicting a human brain. The sculpture is on display at the Work Gallery in London until February. [Design Week]
