#552 The Benefits Of Measuring Brain Activity with Ryan Field, CTO at Kernel

Today we’re talking to Ryan Field, CTO at Kernel; and we discuss how Kernel Flow is reading signals in the brain; what different substances such as alcohol do to our minds; and how objectively measuring brain activity can inform our subjective human experience.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

Check out more of Ryan and Kernel at https://www.kernel.com/

About Ryan Field:

Research & Development involving integrated circuit design, sensors, system architecture, firmware, software, and imaging devices for automotive and other LiDAR applications.

About Kernel:

Founded in 2016 by Bryan Johnson, Kernel has assembled a world-class team of engineers, neuroscientists, and physicists to create a full-stack neurotech company who are building a platform to realize that brighter future now.

With the goal of making neuroimaging mainstream, we systematically evaluated every state-of-the-art technology candidate, scrutinized existing commercial tools and built our own systems using the best available components as we mapped each possible path. No stone was left unturned.

Most noninvasive methods for recording brain signals measure electromagnetic fields generated by groups of neurons or detect small changes in blood oxygenation, which correlate well to nearby neural activity. But existing technology in both of these technologies are rife with drawbacks, limitations or shortcomings.