Researchers using data from macaque monkeys were able to shrink an AI vision model to a tiny fraction of its original size. AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images A human brain consumes less
Scientists have created an AI version of a monkey brain that recognizes images without requiring the massive computing power of existing AI systems. Sponsor Message JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: A human brain consumes less
Samoana Matagi was one of the four participants in a study that tested the capabilities of a new bionic hand. Here, Matagi wears the bionic hand on one arm and a common prosthetic
Lynn Milam (right) says that a nerve-stimulating implant has dramatically improved her rheumatoid arthritis, allowing her and her husband, Donald, to regain the life they once enjoyed together. Lynn Milam Lynn Milam For
Postdoctoral researcher Erin Kunz holds up a microelectrode array that can be placed on the brain’s surface as part of a brain-computer interface. Jim Gensheimer Jim Gensheimer Surgically implanted devices that allow paralyzed
A new brain-computer interface can decode a person’s inner monologue. That could help paralyzed people communicate, but also suggests scientists are one step closer to reading a person’s thoughts. Sponsor Message ARI SHAPIRO,
Phillip McKenzie, who was paralyzed from the neck down in a fall in 2012, uses a brain-computer interface developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh to navigate complex virtual tasks that simulate
President Donald Trump speaks at Snap-on tools, April 18, 2017, in Kenosha, Wis. Kiichiro Sato/AP Kiichiro Sato/AP Foreign-born workers account for about half of the doctoral-level scientists and engineers working in the U.S.
This illustration shows how the thin film of sensors could be applied to the brain before surgery. Courtesy of the Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory Courtesy of the Integrated Electronics and Biointerfaces Laboratory
