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Jul 15, 2016
Researchers Gain Understanding of Why the Brain Makes Mistakes
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: neuroscience
Human brain is made up of a billion nerve cells called neurons and various other types of cells and is the most complex machine ever known. Even after years of research and studies we still do not have a complete understanding of how it works — how it controls every single thing we ever do. In order to unravel one such mysteries of the brain, researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University set out to find out why brain makes mistakes. The study was conducted as part of Carnegie Mellon’s BrainHub, a university initiative that focuses on how the structure and activity of the brain give rise to complex behaviors.
Jul 15, 2016
How to add a smartphone-controlled brain to your 3D printer for about fifty bucks
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, mobile phones, neuroscience
Pretty cool.
Ready for some buzzword salad? David Gewirtz combines OctoPrint with OctoPi on the Raspberry Pi to drive his LulzBot Mini 3D printer. It’s actually harder to say than to do. Read on to learn how.
Jul 15, 2016
Do YOU use foil on your BBQ? New link with Alzheimer’s
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Aluminium builds up in the brain, eventually causing contamination which could cause the degenerative bran disease, researchers from Keele University previously found.
Jul 15, 2016
Engineered Bacteria Can Manufacture Nano-Electronics
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: electronics, nanotechnology
Jul 15, 2016
A biocompatible, transparent therapeutic window to the brain
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a transparent “window to the brain” — a skull implant that is biocompatible, infection-resistant, and does not need to be repetitively replaced.
Part of the ongoing “Window to the Brain” project, a multi-institution, cross-disciplinary effort, the idea is to use transparent skull implants to provide laser diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of brain pathologies, including brain cancers, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases, without requiring repeated craniotomies (a surgical operation in which a bone flap is temporarily removed from the skull to access the brain). Such operations are vulnerable to bacterial infections.
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Jul 15, 2016
Drone disguised as a BIRD discovered in Somalia — is it a surveillance tactic?
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: drones, surveillance
The drone crashed in Mogadishu’s Waabari district this week where it was found and pictured on social media.
Jul 15, 2016
A lab founded by a tech billionaire just unveiled a major leap forward in cracking your brain’s code
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bioengineering, genetics, neuroscience
In order to build a better map of the brain, begin by slicing glass windows into the glowing skulls of genetically-engineered mice.