Apr 15
Transistors were one of the most revolutionary developments in modern computing. And that was without directly implanting them in our brains. Now, the first microscopic organic transistor arrays promise to let us do just that. More »
Apr 12
Drinking influences our personalities in a variety of ways. Some people get happy. Others turn combative or impulsive. At one time or another, though, we’ve all been the emotional drunk, a condition typically marked by ill-timed espousals of affection (or reprisal), acute introspection, and an uncontrollable urge to cry in the middle of a crowded bar. More »
Mar 04
The First Wireless, Implantable Brain-Computer Interface Will Help Us Move Things With Our Minds On the Go
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Researchers at Brown University have made the first wireless, implantable, rechargeable brain-computer interface. Humans might be next in line for testing of the device, after 13 months of successful trials in monkeys and pigs. More »
Feb 28
Scientists Wire Two Rats’ Brains Together and Share a Thought Across the Internet
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Telepathy isn’t real. You can’t read minds with nothing but the tools you were born with. But add a little bit of wiring and that starts to change. Scientists have now managed to get two lab rats to think in-sync with just a little augmentation. More »
Jan 31
Helmets can’t stop brain injuries. It’s not a failure of equipment or technology or attention paid, it’s a simple biological fact. Our old friend Mark Wilson has a wonderful breakdown of the technologies we have, and how they’re simply not and can never be enough. More »
Jan 05
This Electrified Brain Is Made of Thousands and Thousands of Drops of Solder
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The brain is all about connections. Little jolts of electricity jumping from between thousands of interconnected neurons to send a message. It’s a crazy house up there. This brain is sort of the same way, made with hardly anything but thousands of drops of solder—metal neurons, if you will—and coursing with the energy to light up an LED. Sure, that’s not quite the same as thinking, but it’s still pretty cool. More »
Dec 09
Deep-brain stimulation— the practice of implanting a pacemaker-like shocker deep in the recesses of your dome—have been used for treating conditions like Parkinson’s or even depression, but now they’ve got a new mountain to climb: Alzheimer’s. More »
Nov 30
Computers can do practically anything these days, but they’re still a far cry from robotic brains that don’t just do what they’re told but actually think for themselves. The Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network, or Spaun, is one of those, and it’s creeping up on human intelligence. More »
Nov 13
It’s been speculated—in big budget movies, no less—that one day mankind will never leave its computers, and will instead explore the world through virtual reality and robots. And here’s the cutting-edge research that will make that nightmarish future possible. More »
Aug 30
Up, down, bank, take a photo! Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, have developed a quadcopter that can be controlled by thought alone. The idea is to give people with impaired motor abilities a new avenue for interaction. More »
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