May. 17, 2013 – 03:50PM By Michael Peck In some visions of the future, you’ll drive your car with little more than your mind. Electrodes on your head, you can climb into your car, think about how much you’d like… Read More ›
Human brain
Human brain treats prosthetic devices as part of the body
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan jmadhusoodanan@plos.org 415-568-4545 Public Library of Science People with spinal cordPeople with spinal cord injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not extension of immobile limbs injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part… Read More ›
Could we copy a specific brain or transfer our minds to another device? Research suggests this amazing idea might be feasible
Mind transfer: human brains in different materials 02 November 2012 by Randal A. Koene Magazine issue 2888. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the The Big Idea , The Human Brain and Death Topic Guides HUMAN brains and the… Read More ›
Are downloadable memories just around the corner? ( Using light repsonse as a Binary Code model )
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:18:49 EST, 26 October 2012| UPDATED:18:49 EST, 26 October 2012 A scientist at MIT could be on track to uncovering how to restore lost memories in the brain. Using light stimulation to control neurons and map… Read More ›
Training Computers to Understand the Human Brain
The activation maps of the two contrasts (hot color: mammal > tool ; cool color: tool > mammal) computed from the 10 datasets of our participants. (Credit: Image courtesy of Tokyo Institute of Technology) ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) — Tokyo… Read More ›
Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence
AI is achievable, but it will take more than computer science and neuroscience to develop machines that think like people David Deutsch guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 3 October 2012 02.00 EDT The defining attribute of an intelligent being, whether human… Read More ›
Compelling evidence that brain parts evolve independently
Contact: Morwenna Grills Morwenna.Grills@manchester.ac.uk 44-161-275-2111 University of Manchester An Evolutionary Biologist at The University of Manchester, working with scientists in the United States, has found compelling evidence that parts of the brain can evolve independently from each other. It’s hoped… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 