Equideum Health (formerly ConsenSys Health) has partnered with Nokia Bell Labs to research cognitive augmentation using blockchain combined with AI and edge devices such as earpieces, smartwatches, and home devices.
The idea of Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chips springs to mind with the mention of cognitive augmentation. What Equideum Health and Nokia Bell Labs plan to explore is quite different. Imagine that someone is cognitively impaired, whether because of dementia, an accident, or a congenital disability.
Nokia has developed a wearable ear device – an ‘earable’ – with a microphone and speaker that can use on-device machine learning to help people understand and respond to the world around them.
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