SmartSocks: smart socks against dementia and autism
A Bristol startup has created special socks equipped with artificial intelligence that track vital data and alert caregivers, improving quality of life
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Autism, possible link to lithium in drinking water
Can lithium in drinking water affect autism risk? Danish research uncovers a possible connection.
World Autism Awareness Day: progress made
To mark World Autism Awareness Day, we take a look at all the latest research advances.
Autism, research carried out: among the causes "genetic wrinkles" in DNA
Autism spectrum disorder has an additional enemy: there is a quicker way to look for tandem repeats, DNA wrinkles among the causes of autism.
Google Glass to cure Autism
The Autism Glass Project is a laboratory at the School of Medicine: in a small office in the administration building, researchers Catalin Voss and Nick Haber are bringing together facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence to create new autism treatments. The second phase will involve 100 young people to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments, which can also be carried out at home. The goal is to create a sort of "translator of emotions" capable of providing children with a "dictionary" of moods in real time... Read more
CRISPR can alter the social behavior of animals
The alteration of some genes causes important consequences on social behavior in animals: the relationship between biology and behavior could be much more complex than previously thought.
Neuroplasticity: a team activates and deactivates it in fruit flies
Research on neuroplasticity in fruit flies identifies a "switch" that can turn it on and off. Future applications are many and important.
Mental health, virtual reality may be the next big thing
Virtual reality for mental health has come here to stay and change the world. Here's how.
30 Great technological flops of the last 10 years: the future that has not been.
10 years of great news, but also of monstrous technological flops. Here is a small gallery of the horrors of what has miserably failed in recent years.
Connectomics – Building a map of the mind
There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the brain of an adult human, and each of these neurons is connected to hundreds of others for a total of approximately 150 billion connections in total. Neuroscience is discovering that it is the pattern of these connections, the structure of this immense neural network, that is largely responsible for the functionality of the brain, in other words for our mental life: everything we feel, think, experience or do. Our … Read more
