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May 24, 2019
Neuroprosthetics and deep brain stimulation: Two big neuroscience breakthroughs
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Researchers have developed a brain-computer interface the size of a baby aspirin that can restore mobility to people with paralysis or amputated limbs.
How does it work? It rewires neural messages from the brainâs motor cortex to a robotic arm, or reroutes it to the personâs own muscles. In this video, Big Think contributor Susan Hockfield, president emerita of MIT, explains further.
May 24, 2019
Liz Parrish â Anti-aging Gene Therapies
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVfLYm3VEs&feature=share
Liz intends to take another gene therapy before the end of the year.
May 24, 2019
New neurons form in the brain into the tenth decade of life, even in people with Alzheimerâs
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
In a new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago, researchers examining post-mortem brain tissue from people ages 79 to 99 found that new neurons continue to form well into old age. The study provides evidence that this occurs even in people with cognitive impairment and Alzheimerâs disease, although neurogenesis is significantly reduced in these people compared to older adults with normal cognitive functioning.
They publish their results in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
The idea that new neurons continue to form into middle age, let alone past adolescence, is controversial, as previous studies have shown conflicting results. The UIC study is the first to find evidence of significant numbers of neural stem cells and newly developing neurons present in the hippocampal tissue of older adults, including those with disorders that affect the hippocampus, which is involved in the formation of memories and in learning.
May 24, 2019
Closer To Truth
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: life extension, mathematics, physics
Frank Jennings Tipler is a mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University. He holds a BS in Physics from MIT and a PhD from the University of Maryland.
Watch his interview below on eternal life. To watch more interviews on this topic, click here: https://bit.ly/2wcTT1N
May 24, 2019
The Universe as Cosmic Dashboard
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: quantum physics, space
Relational quantum mechanics suggests physics might be a science of perceptions, not observer-independent reality.
- By Bernardo Kastrup on May 24, 2019
May 24, 2019
Samsung deepfake AI could fabricate a video of you from a single profile pic
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: robotics/AI
May 24, 2019
Could Parallel Universes Be Physically Real?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: cosmology
May 24, 2019
Google bots shut down Baltimore officialsâ ransomware-workaround Gmail accounts
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI
Somebody lend Baltimore $6.
Google automatically suspended accounts after detecting they were from same network.