GoFlow
| Go Flow | |
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| Category | Transcranial direct-current stimulation |
| Developer | Foc.us |
| Announced | March 2012 [1] |
| Released | Developers:
Consumers: June 2013 [2] |
| Price | 99 USD / 119 USD with cap (November 2016) [3] |
| Max output | 2 mA2 T 0.002 A [4] |
| Session duration | 2100 s35 minute [4] |
| Scalp location | T3, C3, C1, C2, C4, T4. F3, F4. Fp1, Fp2 [5] |
| Weight | 10 g [5] |
| Controls |
button [5] |
| Data available | |
| Risk factor | |
| Medical prescription | No |
| http://eu.foc.us/ | |
GoFlow is a small head mounted device which provides a certain form of brain stimulation, namely transcranial direct-current stimulation. The title "GoFlow" was originally used for the device which was developed by two students of Michigan State University Benjamin Syzek[6] and
http://eu.foc.us/focus-go-flow-tdcs-brain-stimulator?SID=s0b48plhgmpu759m4s164fbgr1
http://www.diytdcs.com/tag/goflow/
http://jlb.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/3/669.full.pdf+html
Contents
Main characteristics
Purpose
Company & People
Important Dates
- spring 2012 - the new device was announced and the Kickstarter campaign began
- May 2012 - the Kickstarter campaign was delayed because of FDA involvement
- early 2013 - the developers give up the development of an avialable tDCS device and sold the project to the Foc.us company
- summer 2013 - the first device was released[1]
Enhancement/Therapy/Treatment
Ethical & Health Issues
There were reported injuries caused by sticky electrodes which were used in a certain types of Go Flow devices:
Recently, we've seen an increased interest in using tDCS devices with sticky electrodes (primarily because this is one of the default configurations of the foc.us GoFlow device which launched recently). Coincident with this, we've seen an increase in reports of injuries from sticky electrodes.[7]
Public & Media Impact and Presentation
Public Policy
Related Technologies, Projects or Scientific Research
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WEXLER, Anna. A pragmatic analysis of the regulation of consumer transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) devices in the United States. Journal of Law and the Biosciences [online]. 2015, Oct 12. Available online at: http://jlb.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/3/669.full.pdf+html (Retrieved 1st November, 2016).
- ↑ JOHN. News from GoFlow! Good and Bad. DIY tDCS [online] 2013, Jun 7. Available online at: http://www.diytdcs.com/2013/06/news-from-goflow-good-and-bad/ (Retrieved 1st November, 2016).
- ↑ Foc.us. Hardware. Foc.us [online]. Available online at: http://eu.foc.us/all-products?SID=8ra4r8d2os79ll9iclduh9dmj7?SID=8ra4r8d2os79ll9iclduh9dmj7 (Retrieved 11th November, 2016).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Foc.us. Go Flow Pro - Stimulator, Cable, Sponge holders, Sponges & Headband. Foc.us [online]. Available online at: http://eu.foc.us/go-flow-pro-brain-stimulator (Retrieved 11th November, 2016).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Foc.us. Focus Go Flow Manual & Instruction Booklet. Foc.us [online]. Available online at: http://help.foc.us//article/38-focus-go-flow-manual-instruction-booklet
- ↑ WEBSTER, Andrew. GoFlow kit lets you build your own brain stimulation machine for $99. The Verge [online]. 2012, Mar 14, Available online at: http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/14/2871740/goflow-kit-tdcs-brain-stimulation (Retrieved 14th November, 2016).
- ↑ ohsnapitsnathan. PSA: Sticky electrodes and skin burns. Reddit [online]. 2016, Jul 2. Available online at: https://www.reddit.com/r/tDCS/comments/4qx8ic/psa_sticky_electrodes_and_skin_burns/ (Retrieved 14th November, 2016).
