Scientists have developed an algorithm that can make a masterpiece out of your mental images.
— Read on www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/mind-reading-ai-creates-images-from-your-thoughts/
University of California’s New Mind-Reading Device Can Translate Brainwaves Into Words
This isn’t just another neural prosthetic—the University of California has created a device capable of translating brainwaves into text with 90 percent accuracy.
— Read on www.outerplaces.com/science/item/18211-university-california-mind-reading-device
Decline in World Fertility Rates Lowers Risks of Mass Starvation – Bloomberg
Sad to say goodbye to this myth of fear… we will find something else to terrify ourselves with…
The Earth and humanity will survive as fertility rates fall almost everywhere.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-16/decline-in-world-fertility-rates-lowers-risks-of-mass-starvation
Researchers engineer yeast to manufacture complex medicine | News Center | Stanford Medicine
The only source of noscapine, a cough suppressant with potential anti-cancer properties, is opium poppies. Yet Stanford bioengineers have found a new way of producing the drug: reconstructing its biosynthetic pathway in yeast.
— Read on med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/04/researchers-engineer-yeast-to-manufacture-complex-medicine.html
Researchers Steer Cyborg Mice Through Maze with Brain Stimulation – IEEE Spectrum
This kind of research is just getting started, much more to come… black mirror
Video shows a cyborg mouse ignoring sex and food as it obeys humans’ navigation commands
— Read on spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/researchers-steer-cyborg-mice-through-maze-with-brain-stimulation
Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford – SFGate
Chemotherapy-free ‘cancer vaccine’ moves from mice to human trials at Stanford – SFGate
— Read on www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Chemotherapy-free-cancer-vaccine-moves-from-12777406.php
CRISPR Restored: Scientists Reverse Finding That Gene Editing Technology Had Flaws
Last summer a paper appeared suggesting that CRISPR gene editing could cause hundreds of off-target mutations. Turns out that was wrong, and the authors have just published a preprint admitting it.
— Read on www.forbes.com/
Artificial and biological cells work together as mini chemical factories | Imperial News | Imperial College London
This is one step along a long road of merging with machines…
CELL FACTORIES – Researchers have fused living and non-living cells for the first time in a way that allows them to work together, paving the way for new applications.
— Read on www.imperial.ac.uk/news/185247/artificial-biological-cells-work-together-mini/
Direct primary care, no-insurance healthcare – Business Insider
Direct primary care is a small but fast-growing movement of doctors who don’t accept insurance and instead charge a monthly membership fee.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/direct-primary-care-no-insurance-healthcare-2018-3/
Tesla Semi prototype spotted apparently broken down makes naysayers rejoice, but there’s a twist | Electrek
Tesla Semi prototype spotted apparently broken down makes naysayers rejoice, but there’s a twist | Electrek
— Read on electrek.co/2018/03/16/tesla-semi-electric-truck-broken-down/