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04.24.19

Medicine

Implant turns brain signals into synthesized speech

It could restore voices lost to neurological conditions.

By J. Fingas, 04.24.19

04.17.19

Researchers partially revive pig brains four hours after 'death'

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Medicine

Researchers partially revive pig brains four hours after 'death'

Relax, at no point did the disembodied heads achieve anything near consciousness

By A. Tarantola, 04.17.19

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11.23.18

Brain implant lets paralyzed people turn thoughts into text

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Medicine

Brain implant lets paralyzed people turn thoughts into text

Participants sent texts, streamed music and browsed the web on unmodified devices.

By R. England, 11.23.18

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11.17.15

LED implants could ease your pain

You may one day turn off your pain by turning on tiny lights in your skin.

By J. Fingas, 11.17.15

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11.10.15

Doctor dubbed 'the father of cyborgs' tested implants in his own brain

Would you go under the knife in the name of science?

By J. Trew, 11.10.15

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05.14.15

Doctors find a way to deliver drugs straight to your brain

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a marvelous piece of evolutionary engineering designed to keep th...

By A. Tarantola, 05.14.15

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04.09.15

Rat brains are basically wired up like miniature internets

Drawing on forty years of peer-reviewed research, a team of researchers from the University of Sou...

By A. Tarantola, 04.09.15

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05.19.14

MIT can map the activity of every neuron in an animal's brain

Scientists have long yearned for a neuron-by-neuron illustration of brain activity; get that and y...

By J. Fingas, 05.19.14

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05.17.12

Mind-operated robot arm helps paralyzed woman have her cup o' joe (video)

Researchers at the Braingate2 consortium have made a breakthrough that allows people with spinal c...

By S. Dent, 05.17.12

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12.07.11

FCC grants radio spectrum to muscle-stimulating wireless devices for paralysis patients

The medical community is all smiles today, because the FCC has decided to allocate a chunk of radio...

By A. Toor, 12.07.11

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Neurology

Implant turns brain signals into synthesized speech

Researchers partially revive pig brains four hours after 'death'

Brain implant lets paralyzed people turn thoughts into text

LED implants could ease your pain

Doctor dubbed 'the father of cyborgs' tested implants in his own brain

Doctors find a way to deliver drugs straight to your brain

Rat brains are basically wired up like miniature internets

MIT can map the activity of every neuron in an animal's brain

Mind-operated robot arm helps paralyzed woman have her cup o' joe (video)

FCC grants radio spectrum to muscle-stimulating wireless devices for paralysis patients

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