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·July 15, 2013·2 min read

Computer Smart as a 4-Year-Old

Researchers have IQ tested one of the best available AI systems and discover it's as smart as the average 4-year-old child.

This image shows a brain made up of computer chips.

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·July 11, 2013·3 min read

Daydreaming Simulated by Computer Model

Researchers have created a computer model based on the dynamics of brain cells and its neural connections. They hope the model will help them understand why certain portions of the brain work together when a person daydreams.

This illustration compares a normal brain to an alzheimer's brain.

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·June 28, 2013·3 min read

Identifying Alzheimer’s Using Space Technology

According to the ESA, software which processes satellite pictures taken from space is helping researchers establish a simple method for wide-scale Alheimer's screening.

The image is a still of the video and shows a woman interacting with a computer generated person.

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·June 24, 2013·4 min read

‘Out-of-Body’ Virtual Experience Could Help Social Anxiety

According to researchers, new virtual imaging technology could be used to help people recover from social anxiety.

This image shows the mouse embryo and mouse brain before and after treatment with SeeDB.

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·June 23, 2013·1 min read

Sugar Solution Makes Tissues See-Through

Combining a new solution which turns tissue transparent with fluorescence microscopy, researchers obtain detail images of a mouse brain with unprecedented resolution.

The diagram shows an implanted DBS device.

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·June 19, 2013·3 min read

Long-Term Study Reports Deep Brain Stimulation Effective for Most Common Hereditary Dystonia

A long-term study suggests deep brain stimulation has good success rates and lasting benefits for patients with hereditary dystonia.

This is the brain harpoon described in the research.

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·June 19, 2013·3 min read

Carbon Nanotube Harpoon Catches Individual Brain Cell Signals

Researchers develop a flexible carbon-nanotube 'harpoon' to study individual brain neurons. The 'brain harpoon' harnesses the electromechanical properties of carbon nanotubes to capture the electrical signals generated by single neurons.

The image shows the belt used for the study.

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·June 14, 2013·4 min read

New Array Measures Vibrations Across Skin may Help Engineers Design Tactile Displays

Using a specially designed vibrotactile display mounted around the waste, researchers study how people use vibrotactile cues to navigate unfamiliar surroundings.

The image shows the activity changes in the brain during the brain machine interface study.

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·June 11, 2013·4 min read

New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer Interfaces

Researchers show that when humans use brain-computer interface technology, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as waving a hand. This technology could help improve the daily lives of those who are paralyzed or lost specific abilities due to neurodegenerative diseases.

The image shows the robot opening a fridge door.

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·May 28, 2013·2 min read

Beer-Pouring Robot Programed to Anticipate Human Actions

A robot developed by Cornell scientists has learned to foresee human actions in order to offer a helping hand; even open a beer.

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·May 22, 2013·2 min read

Scientists Develop Worm EEG to Test the Effects of drugs

Researchers have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms in order to test the effects of drugs.

The image shows a brain with light beams entering it.

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·May 16, 2013·2 min read

Physicist’s Tool has Potential for Brain Mapping

Researchers have developed a fiber-optic, two-photon optogenetic simulator which can be used to stimulate a light sensitive protein introduced into neurons and living cells in the brain. The researchers suggest this technology would be a useful tool for the BRAIN mapping initiative.