The human brain is the most complex object in the universe. Our understanding of its inner workings has been shrouded in mystery…until now...
The human brain is the most complex object in the universe. Our understanding of its inner workings has been shrouded in mystery…until now. New technologies are beginning to unlock the brain’s true potential, but at what cost to our humanity?nn#mastermindfilmnnCREWnnDirector, Producer, Editor: Francesco Paciocco http://francescopaciocco.com, https://twitter.com/fpaciocco nCinematography: Will Atherton http://www.willathertonfilms.com, Megan Jolly http://www.meganjolly.com, Francesco PaciocconMusic: Luke Atencio http://lukeatencio.com, Marmoset https://www.marmosetmusic.com, Tracey Chattaway http://www.traceychattaway.com, Steven Gutheinz http://www.stevengutheinz.com nSound Design & Mixing: Jeff Seelye http://digitaudio.com nColorist: Sam Gursky http://irvingharvey.com nArtwork: Greg Dunn http://www.gregadunn.com, photographed by Will Drinker http://willdrinker.com nnFEATURINGnnAlan Watts http://alanwatts.com/collections nBarack Obama https://www.barackobama.com nThomas R. Insel MD http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/bio/index.shtml nSebastian Seung PhD http://web.mit.edu/~bcs/people/seung.shtml nCecilia Abadie https://twitter.com/cabadie nJoel Murphy & Conor Russomanno http://www.openbci.com nRussell Hanson PhD & Jason Fuller http://www.brainbackups.com nArthur Caplan PhD http://www.med.nyu.edu/pophealth/faculty/caplaa01 nLydia Fazzio MD http://www.biohackersnyc.com nRaymond Kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net nPaul Begley http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com nNick Bostrom PhD http://www.nickbostrom.com nPeter R. Breggin MD http://www.breggin.com nnMADE POSSIBILE WITH THE WORK OFnnAutoNOMOS Labs http://autonomos-labs.com nBastien Didier & David GueznBrainGate http://www.braingate2.org nCicret http://www.cicret.com nDeisseroth Lab, Stanford University http://web.stanford.edu/group/dlab nDr. Kavian Shahi http://www.snamg.comnEmotiv Inc. https://emotiv.com nEric Mika https://github.com/kitschpatrol nEyeBorg http://eyeborgproject.com nEyeWire https://eyewire.org nFitbit https://www.fitbit.com nGoogle Glass https://research.google.com nImperial Tissue Bank, Imperial College London (Professor Steve Gentleman, Dr. Ilaria Bravi) http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/tissuebank nLichtman Lab, Harvard University http://lichtmanlab.fas.harvard.edu nMartin KellynMax Planck Institute for Medical Research (Moritz Helmstaedter, Winfried Denk) http://www.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/en nMike Vella http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?vellamike nNASA https://www.nasa.gov nSensoMotoric Instruments http://www.smivision.com/en.html nTakao Someya Group, University of Tokyo http://www.ntech.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en nTED https://www.ted.com nThe Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory http://www.jhuapl.edu/employment/default.asp nThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Hamm, Huganir, Zhang) http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som nThe Smith Laboratory, Stanford University http://smithlab.stanford.edu/Smithlab/Smithlab_Home.html nThe White House https://www.whitehouse.gov nWellcome Collection http://wellcomecollection.org nWyss Institute, Harvard Biodesign Lab at Havard University http://wyss.harvard.edu nnSPECIAL THANKSnnSarah BaltanAlesa Blanchard-NelsonnGlenn FarrellnMartha HensonnHolly StorynAmy RobinsonnMark WattsnJessica WiconBrain BackupsnOpenBCInMount Sinai Medical CenternNYU School of MedicinennEQUIPMENTnnBlackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (primary camera)nCanon C300 (secondary camera)nPanasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 II ASPHnZeiss ZE primes, 35mm and 85mmnCanon EF 70-200mm f/2.8LnCanon EF 24-70mm f/2.8LnCanon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L IInMetabones Canon EF Lens to BMPCC Speed BoosternEdited with Adobe Premiere Pro, graded with DaVinci Resolve and sound mixed in Avid Pro Toolsnn© 2015 Terramare Films, LLC Less