Rewriting Life This Technology Could Finally Make Brain Implants Practical Harvard Medical School is testing a new design of a brain implant meant to restore vision to the blind. by Tom Simonite 2017-02-09T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Neuroscience Can’t Explain How an Atari Works The brain is complex—but when techniques developed to analyze how it works were applied to a chip running Donkey Kong, they were found lacking. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-01-12T14:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Government Seeks High-Fidelity “Brain-Computer” Interface A challenge by DARPA asks scientists to develop ways to record from a million neurons at a time. by Adam Piore 2016-02-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Obama’s Brain Project Backs Neurotechnology The U.S. announces $46 million to develop new technologies for exploring the brain. by Antonio Regalado 2014-09-30T19:17:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Mapping Autism in the Developing Brain Researchers will examine the brains of living fetuses to study the origins of mental disorders like autism. by Susan Young Rojahn 2014-04-23T14:30:02-04:00
Rewriting Life 2013: The Best Biomedicine Stories of the Year A push for new brain-mapping technology and a ban on some gene patents showcase ongoing advances in biomedical technology. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-12-23T00:00:00-05:00
Rewriting Life Video: Near-Whole Brain Activity Map in Fish Researchers show off flashing fish brains and the technology behind them. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-08-26T16:21:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Nanotube Probe Gives a Single Neuron’s View of Brain Activity A thin probe of carbon nanotubes can measure small electrical changes inside a neuron. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-06-19T16:10:25-04:00
Rewriting Life Researchers, Using Light to Activate Neurons, Make Mice Obsessive, or Not Mind-control optogenetics experiments in mice give new clarity to the neural circuitry that underlines repetitive behaviors. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-06-06T14:00:07-04:00
Rewriting Life The Quantified Brain of a Self-Tracking Neuroscientist A neuroscientist is getting a brain scan twice every week for a year to try to see how neural networks behave over time. by Susan Young Rojahn 2013-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
