Mental Work
Factory Showroom Open Through July 28th
TRIALS BY APPOINTMENT
Our factory's brain-computer interfaces detect neural signals through workers' skulls. Algorithmic analysis of these signals transforms cognitive activity into physical action.José Millán Chief Scientific Officer, Mental Work
and Defitech Foundation Chair in Brain-Machine Interface, EPFL
THE WORLD’S FIRST FACTORY OPERATED BY WORKERS’ BRAINWAVES
In October of 2017, Switzerland opened the first factory in the world to be operated exclusively by workers' minds. Enlisting revolutionary technology developed by neuroengineers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the plant is unique because the workers are simultaneously the labor and the product. By directly controlling machinery with their brainwaves, employees are psychologically decoupled from their bodies, past experiences, and preconceived ideas about the future. While the Mental Work facility appears to be an ordinary industrial unit, in reality it is the first factory to mass-produce philosophers. Now, through an exclusive arrangement with swissnex SF, Mental Work technology is available for testing in the United States.
Mental Workers employ Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control machines using only their minds. These machines allow workers to tangibly engage with a future where pervasive BMI interaction with the physical environment becomes commonplace. Together with our employees and affiliates, we are dedicated to anticipating and planning for this upcoming Cognitive Revolution.
The MENTAL WORK showroom is now open in San Francisco
Demonstrations are by appointment.
Sign up online for a free 60-minute trial at swissnex SF. Training is included and no prior experience is required.
TO SIGN UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION, FILL OUT THE FORM ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM.
Important:You must be at least 18 years of age and capable of understanding written and spoken instructions. Our facilities are not able to accommodate individuals with involuntary motor activity, attention deficiencies (moderate to severe), cognitive disorders, and severe visual impairment.
PUBLIC ENQUIRIES
swissnex San FranciscoPier 17, Suite 800
San Francisco
CA 94111
(415) 912 5901
ask-us@swissnexsf.org
PRESS CONTACT
For press visits or press materials:Perrine Huber Head of Communication, swissnex San Francisco,
+1 415 690 3693 perrine@swissnexsf.org
LICENSING ENQUIRIES
For all business queries:Michael Mitchell
Chief Operating Officer
Mental Work
michael@mentalwork.net
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swissnex San Francisco connects people and ideas from Switzerland and the San Francisco Bay Area to foster exchange in research, education, innovation, and the arts. swissnex San Francisco inspires collaboration across disciplines, industry, and borders, hosting universities, startups, corporates, artists, and designers.
The swissnex San Francisco edition of Mental Work is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Bertarelli Foundation, which tackles some the biggest challenges in neuroscience and marine conservation. Based in Switzerland, it supports research at Harvard Medical School and Campus Biotech, a neuroscience center in Geneva established by the Bertarelli family, the Wyss Foundation, the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the University of Geneva. Part of the Swiss Touch campaign, Mental Work receives additional support from Wearable Sensing and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
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