WHAT WE DO

We host a talk show featuring scientists and philosophers who have made important discoveries on how the brain and the mind work. We believe the best current ideas emerging from brain sciences should be accessible for free to everyone.

NEURO.tv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization presided by Dr. Jean-François Gariépy, brain researcher at Duke University. The donation part of your contribution is tax-deductible in the US. This Kickstarter campaign will fund Season 2 of NEURO.tv, starting in February 2015 (episodes 19 to 31).

OUR GUESTS

Watch our latest episode where Professor Hank Greely from Stanford University discusses how new reproductive technologies might lead to the end of natural sexual reproduction in humans.

We have received amazing guests in Season 1, including:

- Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser, laureates of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. They came to discuss their findings on grid cells in the entorhinal cortex.

- Nita Farahany, Professor of Law and Philosophy at Duke University. She came to discuss the implications of neuroscience research on criminal responsibility and privacy.

- Joshua D. Greene, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He came to talk about moral truths and the psychological study of moral decision-making.

Also featured on our video are Nicholas C. Spitzer from UCSD, Erin C. McKiernan from ITESM, Kay Tye from MIT, Lauren Sakowski from the University of Delaware, Kenneth Kosik from UCSB, as well as our regular panelists. All episodes can be downloaded at http://neuro.tv.

WHERE IS MY MONEY GOING?

Most of our equipment was funded through the Season 1 Kickstarter campaign, which allowed us to produce episodes 5 to 19. These episodes will be published progressively up to January 2015. Next year, we are aiming to make NEURO.tv a more documentary-style show with comments from JF and VelaSusan separate from the main discussion with our guests. The trailer above shows some examples of cut-scenes that will be added to complement the intellectual content of the show. The Kickstarter funds will be used to support the production of 12 new episodes as well as perform some improvements on video editing and filming.

$2,500 - To send earphone and microphone headsets to each NEURO.tv guest.

$1,500 - To host the website and deliver the video content on iTunes.

$2,000 - To produce the stickers, t-shirts, cups and 3D NEURO.tv logo to send as rewards to out backers.

$9,000 - Salary for our assistant producer who handles the content and production of the videos.

THE REWARDS

We like to thank our donors with some very unique rewards; here are those available this year.

The famous NEURO.tv "Founder" espresso cup. Only one hundred fifty copies of this item are allowed to exist, and we promised to our backers of Season 1 that we would never produce them again. Only eighty are left this year!

The NEURO.tv T-shirt (female edition illustrated).

The 3D-printed NEURO.tv logo. We have the technology. It can be attached to your car's mirror or used as a huge, unpractical and probably breakable key holder. Note that this is produced by JF's artisan 3D printer, so it might come with some imperfections.