NEW TECHNIQUE SHEDS LIGHT ON HUMAN NEURAL NETWORKS
Using spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) techniques developed by Gabriel Popescu, director of the lab, the researchers were able to show for the first time how human embryonic stem cell...
View ArticleIn honor of Earth Day, Google expands 'Giving through Glass' program
In honor of Earth Day (today, that is), Google's announcing another wave of its Giving through Glass program for non-profit organizations. The program, originally launched late last year, equips groups...
View ArticleConceptual representation in the brain: Towards mind-reading
Your measured brain signals can reveal whether you are thinking about an animal or a tool. That's what neuroscientist Irina Simanova discovered during her PhD at Radboud University, where she...
View ArticleIs it possible to build an artificial superintelligence without fully...
The technological singularity requires the creation of an artificial superintelligence (ASI). But does that ASI need to be modelled on the human brain, or is it even necessary to be able to fully...
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Man Compares His $42k Prosthetic Hand to a $50 3D Printed Cyborg Beast
Over the last several months, some of the more inspiring stories around 3D printing have had to do with the printing of prosthetic devices, particularly hands. From war torn Sudan, where 3D printing is...
View ArticleImplant Injects DNA Into Ear, Improves Hearing
Many people with profound hearing loss have been helped by devices called cochlear implants, but their hearing is still far from normal. They often have trouble distinguishing different musical...
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Human consciousness is simply a state of matter, like a solid or liquid – but...
Thanks to the work of a small group neuroscientists and theoretical physicists over the last few years, we may finally have found a way of analyzing the mysterious, metaphysical realm of...
View ArticleIncreasingly, Robots of All Sizes Are Human Workmates
Most industrial robots are far less friendly than the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which is safe enough to be a surprisingly popular means of feline transportation. Industrial robots often sit behind...
View ArticleControlling brain waves to improve vision
A novel technique to test brain waves is being used to see how the brain processes external stimuli that do and don't reach our awareness. "When we have different things competing for our attention, we...
View ArticleHow ailing bodies hasten the progress of Alzheimer's
HERE'S another reason to be fit and healthy. Staying free of "lifestyle diseases" and infections could put the brakes on Alzheimer's. The advice comes from teams that have pieced together how these...
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Pinpointing the 'oops' moment in the brain
MIT research sheds light on how mice "think" when they retrieve correct memories and notice their mistakes. Mice running mazes sometimes go left when they should go right. Now MIT’s Picower Institute...
View ArticleScientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain
Scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain -- 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC. This offers greater possibilities...
View ArticleStanford bioengineers create circuit board modeled on the human brain
Stanford bioengineers have developed a new circuit board modeled on the human brain, possibly opening up new frontiers in robotics and computing. For all their sophistication, computers pale in...
View ArticleMRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular...
An MRI sensor now allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision. This is the first time anyone has been able to map neural signals with high precision over large brain regions...
View ArticleWiring of retina reveals how eyes sense motion
Online gamers helped researchers map neuron connections involved in detecting direction of moving objects. A vast project to map neural connections in the mouse retina may have answered the...
View ArticleFunctioning of aged brains and muscles in mice made younger: More progress...
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have shown that a protein they previously demonstrated can make the failing hearts in aging mice appear more like those of young health mice, similarly...
View ArticleElectronic nose sniffs out prostate cancer
Typical approaches to diagnosing prostate cancer can be costly and invasive. Furthermore, a large number of prostate cancers are low-grade and won't result in symptoms or death, meaning that without...
View ArticleRobotic Automation: Another Moore’s Law?
Gordon E. Moore of Moore’s Law made his iconic 1965 prediction that computer power will continue to double approximately every two years to persuade engineers that the more stuff they crammed on to a...
View ArticleGot $93,000 To Spare? Robots Getting Cheaper
Lifelike "humanoid" robots are around 75 percent cheaper than they were five years ago, as technology has improved, making the price of such machines similar to that of a luxury sports car at around...
View ArticleRobot TED Talk Will Make You Believe in Magic
Magician's assistants may soon be out of work. Robots are not only ready to take their place, but they're doing it live and on a TED stage. After months of development, training and practice,...
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