Key idea: As part of BrainGate, a pioneering global collaboration for restoring communications using brain implants, the team envisioned—and then realized—the ability to restore communications using neural signals from the brain. Original author and publication date:…
Online mental health company uses ChatGPT to help…
Key idea: Koko co-founder Robert Morris told Insider the experiment is "exempt" from informed consent law due to the nature of the test. Some medical and tech professionals said they feel the experiment was unethical.…
A Drug to Treat Aging May Not Be…
Key idea: New approaches to the biology of senescence can make lives longer and healthier. Original author and publication date: Andrew Steele (Wired) - January 1, 2023 Futurizonte Editor's Note: Our lifespan keeps expanding... or…
1st patient with new ‘mind-reading’ device uses brain…
Key idea: An implanted device allows a man to translate his brain signals into written words. Original author and publication date: Nicoletta Lanese (Live Science) - November 9, 2022 Futurizonte Editor's Note: The beginning of…
AI isn’t choosing our artistic future, we are
Key idea: In the event technologists create truly sentient artificial intelligence, it’s unlikely that AI will destroy art, but it will certainly transform it. Original author and publication date: Katie Peyton Hofstadter (Bulletin of the…
What if Big Tech Could Read Your Mind?
Key idea: Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, are already implanted in 36 people around the world, according to Blackrock, a leading maker of these devices. Original author and publication date: Laura Tedesco (WebMD)) - October 12,…
How AI And Machine Learning Will Impact The…
Key idea: Using AI to create intelligent processes and workflows could make healthcare cheaper, more effective, more personalized, and more equitable. Original author and publication date: Bernard Marr (Forbes) - September 14, 2022 Futurizonte Editor's…
Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Key idea: Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has…
A “nano-robot” built entirely from DNA to explore…
Key idea: This highly innovative "nano-robot" should enable closer study of the mechanical forces applied at microscopic levels, which are crucial for many biological and pathological processes Original author and publication date: INSERM (Institut National…