The monitoring head ring responds to questions that students use it purely voluntarily
Recently, a video of Zhejiang Jinhua No. 1 primary school equipping students with 'monitoring headrings' has been widely circulated on the Internet. According to media reports, the above equipment is a brain computer interface head ring, which can detect brain waves, score students' concentration, and transmit it to the teacher's computer in real time.
Immediately, this new technology in the field of education immediately triggered a lot of controversy. Public opinion generally questioned the actual effect of the school's use of this equipment, and believed that this was suspected of violating students' privacy and damaging students' freedom, and whether it would make students have a rebellious psychology.
On the morning of October 31, Zhejiang qiangnao Technology Co., Ltd., the company of the product, issued a statement and responded that the headring is not used to monitor students, but an instrument to train students to improve their concentration. At the same time, Han Bicheng, founder of the company, also wrote in his circle of friends that the head ring can really help the class improve their grades. The theory of 'monitoring' is misunderstood by the outside world.
On the afternoon of October 31, the staff of Zhejiang Jinhua Education Bureau responded to the media that they had ordered schools to suspend the use of headrings and asked schools in the whole region to conduct self-examination. The data collected by 'monitoring headrings' would not flow out and would not reveal the child's personal privacy.
It is reported that this headring is called 'focus Fusi headring', which is from Zhejiang brainco and headquartered in the United States. According to its official introduction, Fu Si education and training system is composed of brain computer interface headring and training software. It uses neural feedback technology to provide solutions for concentration training in the classroom. At present, the headring has entered thousands of schools in China, the United States, Brazil, Spain and other countries, helping more than 15000 students to improve their attention.
According to the product description, the main selling point of the headring is' 21 days to improve focus'. According to customer service, this headring is not a medical device, but a learning aid. The head ring can help users improve their attention, so as to improve learning efficiency and academic performance.
According to public reports, on January 7, 2019, brainco displayed three new products at CES 2019 (International Consumer Electronics Exhibition): focus Fu Si headring, focus fit meditation headring, and the fifth generation artificial intelligence artificial hand brainrobotics.
On October 31, the relevant staff of brainco responded to the Nandu reporter that the company's Fu Si head ring equipment was indeed used in the Central Primary School of Xiaoshun town. The equipment was mainly used to train students' concentration, not for monitoring; In addition, Fu Si education and training system provides the average concentration value of the class, and there is no separate personal data.
According to the official website of brainco, 'brainco is headquartered in Boston, the United States, on the campus of Harvard University, and China is headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It has branches in Beijing and Shenzhen, China. Nearly 70% of the members of the team have master's degree or above from well-known universities. Brainco is the first Chinese team to be selected into the Innovation Laboratory of Harvard University. "
According to media reports, in 2015, Han Bicheng, 28, was a doctor of the brain science center of Harvard University. He has been engaged in brain science research for five years and won a prize of $100000 for a paper. In the same year, Han Bicheng founded brainco together with Max Newlon, a graduate of the Institute of education, focusing on the development and application of EEG interaction in portable wireless wearers. In 2017, Han Bicheng was selected into Forbes China's' 30 elites under the age of 30 '. Since then, Han Bicheng has participated in Hunan Satellite TV's I am the future, CCTV's come on to the future and other programs.
In the interview with the interface, Han Bicheng said that the core technology of Fu Si head ring is nerve feedback training. Its essence is to use the plasticity of human brain to train brain neurons like training muscles, so as to prolong the time of concentration and improve learning efficiency. At present, there are many ways to improve concentration, including meditation and relaxation, Shure square, and even parents let their children take 'smart medicine' to improve concentration. In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics listed brain nerve feedback training as the first-line therapy to improve concentration (the highest recommendation).
Although the current research on the human brain is evolving, the public has been blinded by the endless stream of new concepts. Although Harvard endorsed it, the outside world is also worried about whether this monitoring head ring will become a tool for a new round of 'cutting leeks' like quantum fluctuations.