Device accurately guesses what number from 0-9 people are thinking of Technology could be used to create a ‘telepathic typewriter’ This could one-day help handicapped people who struggle to speak Last year scientists developed a device to reproduce speech from brain recordings to help those with motor disease A device that reads people’s minds through their...
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Eye movements could help in diagnosing Parkinson’s disease
The way people with Parkinson’s disease make use of their eyes to complete simple tasks in both the real world and working at computers is being investigated by neuroscientists and the findings could help in early diagnosis and improve their life’s quality. Neuroscientists at the University of Lincoln have been investigating markers specific to Parkinson’s,...
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Facebook and Brain-computer interface
In brief: Regina Dugan, Former DARPA executive and current head of Facebook’s mysterious Building 8, has released information about the work that the social media giant has been doing on brain-compute-interface meant to let you “communicate using only your mind” B8 the project the Facebook team is currently working on aims at 4 primary objects....
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Virtual reality to help autistic children
Key notes: Virtual Reality (VR) could help people with autism in crowded situations. VR people and environment is predictable. This technology involves tracking,3D audio and high-resolution video to indulge users in a virtual world. VR could help autistic children in the classroom very soon. This technology helps to break down the perceptual and societal hinderances...
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Healing wounds faster with Dragon Blood
In some myths, dragon’s blood is toxic and vile substance. In others, it has magical properties curing disease and making ordinary mortals invincible. When it comes to the blood of real-life Komodo dragons, both perspectives may contain a kernel of truth. According to the paper published today in Biofilms and Microbiomes, a peptide that mimics...
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Suppressing single protein greatly extends life span of mice with ALS- like disease
Summary: A set of experiments at Standford reveals that suppressing a protein called Ataxin 2 dramatically extends survival and improves motor function in a mouse model of ALS. ALS: A study led by researchers at Standford University School of Medicine has discovered a new possible therapeutic approach for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis- a progressive neurodegenerative disease....
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Retraining the brain to see after stroke
Patients who suffered from partial blindness after a stroke regained sight after undergoing Visual training designed by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Flaum Eye institute. A new study in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology gives first evidence that vision could be revived back in patients who suffered...
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AI-powered diagnostic device takes out Tricorder XPrize
In addition to the money, the Final Frontier will benefit from ongoing support and funding from XPrize and its partners Launched in 2012, the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize tasked competing teams with developing a portable and versatile medical diagnostics machine that would give people “unprecedented access” to information about their health. The contest has now been run...
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Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
Scientists from VIB and KU Leuven, together with colleagues from the University of California and the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research have demonstrated that, anti-angiogenic therapy can improve immune boosting treatments. The successful combination of these two therapies results in the growth of specialized vessels that deliver cancer-fighting immune cells to the tumor, potentially...
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Toxoplasma infection and neurodegenerative disease
Summary: Toxoplasma gondii, A protozoan parasite, infects almost a third of the world’s population. Workings on mice biomedical scientists reveal that Toxoplasma infection leads to a disruption of neurotransmitters in the brain and postulates that it triggers neurological disease in those already who are predisposed to such infection. Infection leads to a significant increase in...