neuroscience

Several tech billionaires are openly or secretely funding mind computer interfacing projects

Posted in Hardware on 18th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

DARPA says it is close to announcing $60 million in contracts under a program to create a high-fidelity brain interface.

Transcranial alternating current stimulation used to boost working memory

Posted in Medicine on 17th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

The hope is that the approach could be used to bypass damaged areas of the brain and relay signals in people with brain injury.

As Moore's law ends, brain-like computers begin

Posted in Science on 14th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

For five decades, Moore's law held up pretty well: Roughly every two years, the number of transistors one could fit on a chip doubled, all while costs steadily declined.

Brain is 10 times more active than previously measured

Posted in Science on 12th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

A new study could change scientists understanding of how the brain works, and could lead to new approaches for treating disorders and for developing computers.

Brain activity appears to continue after people are dead, according to new study

Posted in Science on 10th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

The research could have huge medical and ethical implications for things such as organ donation.