Hack Consciousness

We maxed out our last location! We're moving to the amazing Noisebridge Hackerspace (https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge) which is a perfect fit for Consciousness Hacking. Its also closer to public transportation.

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Video Overview (http://youtu.be/BkZbIRRqFYo)

Presenters

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Kenneth Folk (http://kennethfolkdharma.com/) is an innovative teacher of secular Buddhist meditation, best known for his practical, hands-on techniques for training in mindfulness. Featured in the pages of Wired magazine (http://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/meditation-mindfulness-silicon-valley/), Kenneth has been influential in Silicon Valley tech culture as an exceptional thinker and skillful teacher. He has collaborated with scientists and researchers at Yale, Brown, and Harvard universities in an effort to better understand spiritual practice through a contemporary lens. Recently Kenneth is exploring innovative ways of leveraging technology to expand the reach and effectiveness of meditation. At the upcoming meetup he will be presenting a few projects in the meditation+tech domain.

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Rohan Dixit is Founder of Brainbot (http://www.brainbot.me/), a company developing an EEG based meditation tool based on data he collected from monks in India. He has done meditation research at both Harvard and Stanford. He's currently working on a consumer product to help user's maintain a meditation practice. [TEDx Talk (http://youtu.be/8uSPygIPqIo)]

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Dr. Frank Heile (https://sites.google.com/site/fbh1949/) has a PhD in Particle Physics from Stanford and an undergraduate degree from MIT. He is a retired software engineer with over 46 patents to his name. He is currently writing a book exploring a novel theory of consciousness as it relates to spiritual awakening, enlightenment and transformation.