Tech Shares Pain Perception Measured by Brain Waves

Summary of the Article: objectively Measuring and Sharing Pain

This article discusses a new platform ⁤developed by NTT⁤ docomo and PaMeLa⁣ in Japan, aiming to objectively measure and share the perception of pain between individuals. Currently, pain is self-reported on a scale (like 1-10), wich is subjective and can vary greatly between‍ people.

HereS a breakdown⁤ of the key points:

* The Problem: Current⁤ pain measurement relies on subjective self-reporting, making it challenging⁤ to truly understand another ⁣person’s experience.
* The Solution: The platform ‍uses electroencephalography (EEG) to measure brain activity and an AI model to translate that activity into a pain score (0-100). ⁤
* How it Works:

* Measures brain⁣ waves of both a “sender” and “receiver.”
* AI visualizes pain as a score for each person.
⁤ * ⁤A heat-based device is used to ⁣deliver a stimulus, calibrated to each person’s sensitivity, so the sensation feels the same to both.
*⁤ Current Focus: The initial version focuses on thermally induced pain ‍(heat) for safety and precision.
* Future Goals: ⁣ docomo aims to expand the platform to share various types of physical and psychological pain.
* Part of a Larger Project: This platform is part of Docomo’s “Feel Tech” project, which ‍focuses on sharing difficult-to-articulate sensations like⁤ movement, touch, taste, and now, pain.

In essence, the goal is ⁢to create a system that allows people to truly feel what another ⁢person is experiencing ‍in terms of pain, fostering deeper understanding and potentially improving medical care and empathy.