Edward Changat UCSF, Mark Chevillet at Facebook, and colleagues, have published a studywhere implanted electrodes were used to “read” whole words from thoughts. Previous technology required users to spell words with a virtual keyboard. Subjects listened...
Clive Svendsen, Gad Vatine, and Cedars Sinai and Ben Gurion University of the Negev colleagues have recreated the blood-brain barrier outside of the body using induced pluripotent stem cells for the first time. In...
University of Vermont researchers have developed an algorithm that detects anxiety and depression in children’s voices with 80 per cent accuracy, according to a recent study. Standard diagnosis involves a 60-90 minute semi-structured interview with...
Edward Chang and UCSF colleagues are developing technology that will translate signals from the brain into synthetic speech. The research team believes that the sounds would be nearly as sharp and normal as a real person’s...
Alan Jasanoffand MIT colleagues are using MRI to monitor calcium activity at a much deeper level in the brain than previously possible, to show how neurons communicate with each other. The research team believes that...
Luis Parada and Sloan Kettering colleagues are focusing on cancer stem cells as a new approach to glioblastoma. Like normal stem cells, cancer stem cells have the ability to rebuild a tumor, even after most...
Riyi Shi and Purdue colleagues have developed a tiny, spinal cord-implanted, 3D printed sensor that quickly and accurately tracks glutamatein spinal trauma and brain disease. The goal is to monitor drug effectiveness, and predict migraine headaches in...
Richard Hanbury discussed Sana Health‘s pain management technology at Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Silicon Valley, on February 22, 2019 at Stanford. ApplySci was delighted that CNBC chose to film this segment at...
Helen Schwerdt, Ann Graybiel, Michael Cima, Bob Langer, and MIT colleagues have developed and implantable sensor that can measure dopamine in the brain of rodents for more than one year. They believe that this...
Building on 2015 researchthat enabled a paralyzed person to virtually control an F-35 jet, DARPA’s Justin Sanchezhas announced that the brain can be used to command and control three types of aircraft simultaneously. Click...