Kernel's neurotechology allows us to gather quality brain data for the first time in human history.
In this brief monologue, Bryan Johnson explains that until now there has been no easy way to collect high‑fidelity brain data, which has prevented society from calibrating brains and minds. Kernel spent five years developing hardware that finally makes such data acquisition possible. Johnson highlights two published studies using the new technology: one with 15 healthy participants who received ketamine, and another with 48 participants who consumed low to medium doses of alcohol. He also describes his own pilot experiment, where he recorded his brain activity while taking ketamine daily for five days and then again 30 days later, as well as comparable alcohol sessions, linking the neural recordings to performance on a behavioral task. The overall aim is to build intuition about how substances alter brain function, opening new research questions and enabling future calibration of brain activity across individuals.
