Neowin News Feed for: Brain

Google Research finally finds a way to simulate neuroplasticity in AI

Paul Hill — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:02:01 +0000

Google Research has developed a new method to simulate neuroplasticity in AI. This greatly helps the memory abilities of AI models. Read more...

Study finds a way to trick the mind so even the lazy can become fitness freaks

Sayan Sen — Tue, 06 May 2025 18:46:02 +0000

Scientists conducted a study and it has uncovered a way to trick the mind into becoming fitness conscious. Read more...

Scientists invent hair like brain monitor tech so nobody knows you're being mapped

Sayan Sen — Tue, 06 May 2025 17:24:01 +0000

Scientists have invented a new EEG brain monitoring device that looks like a strand of hair on the head. Read more...

Google merges its two AI teams, Brain and DeepMind, to form Google DeepMind

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:30:01 +0000

The merging of Google's two separate AI groups will likely speed up the development of its generative AI projects, including its Bard chatbot, as it tries to catch up with Microsoft. Read more...

Samsung makes breakthrough in MRAM ‘brain-mimicking' technology

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:20:01 +0000

Samsung has made a breakthrough in increasing the resistivity of MRAM. This makes it a more viable option for in-memory processing and could be used in next-generation artificial intelligence chips. Read more...

Elon Musk claims that his wired-up Neuralink monkey is happy and enjoys playing video games

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:16:01 +0000

Speaking on Clubhouse, Neuralink founder Elon Musk told that his company has wired up a happy simian to play video games. Videos on it could be dropping in about a month's time as well. Read more...

Elon Musk to provide an update on Neuralink's work today

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:16:01 +0000

Elon Musk is set to give an update on the work that his Neuralink firm has been doing. The firm was previously said that it was looking to start trials on humans sometime this year. Read more...

Neural network system has achieved remarkable accuracy in detecting brain hemorrhages

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 04:32:01 +0000

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF School of medicine have trained a convolutional neural network system that can detect brain hemorrhages with near-perfect accuracy within seconds. Read more...

Cray announces AI-Focused supercomputers

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 May 2017 00:40:01 +0000

Cray has announced two new supercomputers, the 500GT and 500NX. Both of them will have a focus on AI oriented tasks to accommodate a growing demand. Both are compatible with Nvidia Tesla GPUs. Read more...

New material could deliver improvements to brain-computer interfaces

Boyd Chan — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 03:44:01 +0000

A collaboration between three major universities has resulted in the development of new 'glassy carbon' electrodes which could be used to help those who have sustained spinal cord injuries. Read more...

Brain-computer interface used in study to "talk" to people without motor function

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:40:01 +0000

Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were recently involved in a study employing brain-computer interface technology. In the study, they answered "yes" or "no" questions only with their minds. Read more...

The power of the brain used to move computer cursors

Zoe Austin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:43:30 +0000

For a long time people have contemplated how powerful the human brain really is. This question might now have been answered in part, with a new technology linking brain power to computers. According to the... Read more...

All those gadgets might make your brain explode

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:07:10 +0000

Spending all day and night staring at your computer screen and all your other gadgets in between may be rotting your brain. According to the New York Times, scientists say all the digital devices in... Read more...

Video game sheds light on brain activity during danger

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:35:16 +0000

A computer game in which volunteers had to move a blue triangle through a 2D maze while avoiding a red dot "predator" has shed light on how the brain reacts to imminent danger. If the... Read more...

Mouse brain simulated on computer

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:51:11 +0000

US researchers James Frye, Rajagopal Ananthanarayanan and Dharmendra S. Modha ran a "cortical simulator" that was as big and as complex as half of a mouse brain on the BlueGene L supercomputer. In other smaller... Read more...

3-D video game uncovers brain dysfunction: Scientists

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:03:32 +0000

Scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health have found that clinically depressed people's performance in a 3-D video game suggests spatial memory, which tells the brain where objects are located and their orientation,... Read more...

Scientists Research Brain Implant Chip

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:25:30 +0000

University of Washington researchers are working hard on an electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement. This implantable chip strengthens weak connections and may... Read more...

New Microchip Fused With Brain Cells

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:39:51 +0000

European researches have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits interact with one another. While the research is far from it at this point, these advancements could one day lead to... Read more...

Sony aims to beam sights, sounds into brain

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:46:43 +0000

If you think video games are engrossing now, just wait: PlayStation maker Sony Corp. has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain. The technique could one day... Read more...

Virtual Reality May Distract the Brain from Pain

Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:31:00 +0000

Researchers have since long been working on harnessing computers' processing power in various different ways to aid in finding cure for diseases. From generating strings of protein sequences to simulation of biological trends and now... Read more...

Sun cluster guru joins MS in brain drain

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 22:36:29 +0000

A few bombs have dropped within Sun Microsystems' software division, as employees have departed to potentially greener pastures. The most prestigious name is Dr. Yousef Khalidi, distinguished engineer and chief technical officer for N1 products... Read more...

Infineon chip to read brain cell signals

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:42:20 +0000

Researchers at Infineon Technologies in Germany have developed new semiconductor technology that will allow scientists to read electrical signals in living nerve cells, the company said Tuesday. Being able to read and record the signals,... Read more...

World's first robot brain surgeon developed

Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:37:26 +0000

Incredible! Now we will have brain surgery's done by a computer running behind, you guessed it, Linux! A six-legged robot has been developed by Singapore experts and programmed to drill through the skull... Read more...

Research: video games decrease brain activity

Marcel Klum — Tue, 09 Jul 2002 12:08:03 +0000

Prolonged time playing video games could cause people to lose concentration, get angry easily and have trouble associating with others, a Japanese professor's research has suggested. In a survey conducted by Akio Mori,... Read more...