For uncontrolled tremor, ultrasound instead of brain surgery?
Patients with uncontrolled shaking caused by a condition called essential tremor may get relief with a new noninvasive ultrasound procedure, a study finds. The movement...
Using robotics to improve brain assessments
Clinicians have always had to rely on a patient’s behaviour and movement to diagnose a brain injury or track the impact of neurological diseases. Today,...
‘Brain training’ technique restores feeling and movement to paraplegic patients
Eight paraplegics – some of them paralysed for more than a decade by severe spinal cord injury – have been able to move their legs...
Rebuilding the brain: Using AI, electrodes, and machine learning to bridge gaps in the human nervous system
Parallels have been drawn between the human brain and the computer since technology’s earliest days. One day, however, computing could be used to help brains...
We’re inching closer to building an ‘artificial brain’ that can perform work 24/7
We’re inching closer to building an artificial brain. Or so says Neil Jacobstein, an AI expert who has consulted on projects for the U.S. military,...
Brain Chip Gives Paralyzed Man Control Of His Hand
A paralyzed man has regained partial use of his right hand after a chip was implanted into his brain. Ian Burkhart, 24, has been quadriplegic...
Using new technology to map signals in the brain
Sensors based on nanothreads that are superconducting in liquid nitrogen are offering new ways of measuring activity in the brain. In the future, the technique...
Hack Your Brain to Improve Your Health
The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain. A new breed of neuro-hacker is finding ways to capture and manipulate brainwaves to...