Toronto, CANADA – Scientists have found some of the strongest evidence yet that musical training in younger years can prevent the decay in speech listening skills in later life. According to a new Canadian study led by the Rotman… Read More ›
Biotechnology ( New )
A one time “genome-editing” injection to permanently alter you to produce less cholesterol
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Jun-2014 A shot against heart attacks? Harvard researchers say simple ‘genome editing’ may dramatically lower risk of such crises in future Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists collaborating with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed… Read More ›
Novel drug treatment protects primates from deadly Marburg virus / BCX4430
HRR: Beware COI – the drug, known as BCX4430, protected cynomolgous macaques from Marburg virus infection when administered by injection as long as 48 hours post-infection For the first time, scientists have demonstrated the effectiveness of a small-molecule drug… Read More ›
Neuro-enhancement in the military: far-fetched or an inevitable future?
As the science of brain stimulation forges ahead, neuroscientists and psychologists face tough ethical decisions The military has a genuine interest in brain stimulation research. Photograph: Alamy About five years ago, not long after I started up my research group… Read More ›
New Terminator-style ‘bots can self-assemble, leap, climb and SWARM
Creepy, limbless – MIT roboticists flywheel paves way for tiny, cube-shaped overlords By Brid-Aine Parnell, 7th October 2013 Rise of The Machines Roboticists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a range of self-assembling cube robots, which have no external… Read More ›
Artificial intelligence ‘will take the place of humans within five years’
Salespeople, call centre staff and customer service personnel could all be replaced by computers within the next few years, claims one technology entrepreneur. Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film Artificial Intelligence (AI) depicts a future where robots have become eerily human…. Read More ›
Brain-to-brain breakthrough in mind control experiment
Two minds with but a single thought as University of Washington researcher controls colleague’s hand movements LAST UPDATED AT 13:48 ON Wed 28 Aug 2013 SCIENTISTS have achieved human mind control for the first time in an experiment at… Read More ›
Slime mould could make memristors for biocomputers
13:49 18 June 2013 by Paul Marks Magazine issue 2922. Subscribe and save A garish yellow slime that grows on rotten leaves and logs could one day form the brains behind living computers. The feeding fronds of… Read More ›
Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware
Mobe manufacturer playing long game for end times By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 31st May 2013 19:26 GMT Regcast training : Hyper-V 3.0, VM high availability and disaster recovery Motorola has shown off an electronic authentication… Read More ›
Advanced Biological Computer Developed with ability to read and transform genetic information
Microprocessor with DNA (illustration). Scientists have developed and constructed an advanced biological transducer, a computing machine capable of manipulating genetic codes, and using the output as new input for subsequent computations (Credit: © Giovanni Cancemi / Fotolia) May 23, 2013… Read More ›
E-tattoo monitors brainwaves and baby bump : “now modifying the tattoo to transmit data wirelessly to a smartphone”
26 April 2013 by Sara Reardon Magazine issue 2914. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide An electronic patch can analyse complex brainwaves and listen in on a fetus’s heart MIND… Read More ›
Your body’s microbiome has a unique ‘fingerprint’
Contact: Suzanne Price sprice@nutrition.org 617-954-3976 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Study suggests increasing complexity of gut effect on health Boston, MA—The microbiome is your body’s set of microbial communities; microbial cells outnumber human cells roughly ten to one…. Read More ›
Biological computer that ‘lives’ inside the body comes one step closer as scientists make transistor out of DNA and RNA
Finding could lead to new biodegradable devices based on living cells that are capable of detecting changes in the environment Steve Connor Thursday, 28 March 2013 Scientists believe they are close to building the first truly biological computer made from… Read More ›
Human brain treats prosthetic devices as part of the body
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan jmadhusoodanan@plos.org 415-568-4545 Public Library of Science People with spinal cordPeople with spinal cord injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not extension of immobile limbs injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part… Read More ›
Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts
Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts By Emily Anthes Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 10:34 AM Slate.com A remote-controlled flying flower beetle. Photo courtesy Michel Maharbiz. This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the… Read More ›
Blueprint for an artificial brain
Published 26. February 2013, 15:18 h Bielefeld physicist Andy Thomas takes nature as his model Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far… Read More ›
Would you be willing to use a living animal as a respirator or dialysis machine?
Feb 23, 2013 8:00 AM Lauren Davis Designers Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen use both real and fictional biotechnology to explore the connection between the natural and the man-made, and invite questions about the impact of biotechnology. One of… Read More ›
Walking again after spinal injury ( sprinting, climbing up stairs, and avoiding obstacles after a couple of weeks of neurorehabilitation )
Contact: Hillary Sanctuary hillary.sanctuary@epfl.ch 41-797-034-809 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne In the lab, rats with severe spinal cord injury are learning to walk—and run—again. Last June in the journal Science, Grégoire Courtine, of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),… Read More ›
Temporary Tattoos Could Make Electronic Telepathy, Telekinesis Possible
February 19th, 2013 | by Charles Q. Choi Temporary electronic tattoos could soon help people fly drones with only thought and talk seemingly telepathically without speech over smartphones, researchers say. Commanding machines using the brain is no longer the… Read More ›
Scientists have created a “sixth sense” by creating a brain implant through which infrared light can be detected.
By Nick Collins 2:58PM GMT 17 Feb 2013 Although the light could not be seen lab rats were able to detect it via electrodes in the part of the brain responsible for their sense of touch. … Read More ›