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 Tissue Study Deepens Autism–Schizophrenia Link
Brains from people with autism show patterns of gene expression similar to those from people with schizophrenia, according to a new analysis. The findings, published...
High schooler’s 3D printed ‘mini-brain’ bioreactor accelerates Zika research
What are you planning on doing this summer? Probably not designing a revolutionary new bioreactor with which a thousand “mini-brains” can undergo testing. You’re probably...
A Fitbit For Your Brain Is Around The Corner –
Every time you blink, think or move, your brain generates electricity as individual neurons in the skull transmit information needed to make it happen. If...
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...
3D printing helps surgeons plan life-saving operation
A 3D-printed model of the blood vessels inside a woman’s brain has helped surgeons practise life-saving surgery. The surgeons needed to operate to correct a...