Lab Grows “Mini Brains” to Study Neurodegenerative Disease
February 1, 2022According to an article from Nerdist, “A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge has used the ‘mini brains’ to analyze serious maladies like lateral sclerosis and even dementia. Something they were able to do thanks to stem cells...
Cyborg Brains Play Pong in the Matrix
January 28, 2022A team of scientists in Australia has taught a petri dish of brain cells to play Pong. According to an article from Input Magazine, “As Brett Kagan, chief scientific officer of Cortical Labs explains, these neurons are more than just...
Deepfaking the Mind
January 25, 2022Brain computer interfaces (BCI) can allow someone’s thoughts, translated by artificial intelligence and algorithms, to become actions. According to an article by Forbes, “BCIs can allow a fully paralyzed person to operate a wheelchair by just thinking, to move a...
Professor Tipu Aziz Recipient of Britain’s Highest Neurosurgery Honor
April 1, 2019Professor Tipu Aziz from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) has been awarded the Medal of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) for his lifetime achievement in neurosurgery. From L-R: Professor Peter Hutchinson, Professor Tipu Aziz, Professor John...
The Fundamental Code Unit of the Brain: Towards a New Model for Cognitive Geometry
February 18, 2019This paper discusses the problems arising from the multidisciplinary nature of cognitive research and the need to conceptually unify insights from multiple fields into the phenomena that drive cognition. Specifically, the Fundamental Code Unit (FCU) is proposed as a means...
Newton Howard at TEDx – The Human Brain
July 27, 2018The evolution of humanity is based on the evolution of the human brain. What are the next steps in our evolutionary process and what is the role that technology will play? Dr. Howard leads the Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience in...
Brain Implants Are Happening
February 13, 2018A number of startups have recently chosen to leap into a market that many would consider science fiction, developing implantable systems that are able to listen to, interpret and speak with individual neurons within the brain. Their research is guided...