SpaceX, Elon Musk launches its space program

Tonight at 21pm American time (after an hour of postponement due to bizarre weather) Elon Musk presented the next chapter of his space story. After Tesla, Hyperloop and above all Neuralink, the American tycoon also launches the official projects of his SpaceX and the Starship carrier, ready for the first suborbital flight. SpaceX showed the development and design of its spacecraft in all its splendor, especially the flagship Starship from the Boca Chica launch site in … Read more

First results of DARPA brain implants: improve memory

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According to DARPA statements, the group of volunteers who underwent brain implants are experiencing improvements in memory. The project, Restoring Active Memory (curiously the acronym is RAM, just like the memory of a computer) can promote the mnemonic and cognitive recovery of all subjects affected by brain trauma. The group of volunteers, subjected to surgery for the positioning of brain implants through electrodes close to the regions of the brain responsible for the development of declarative memory, obtained better results... Read more

Neural bypass: a paraplegic can walk again

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A paraplegic patient was able to walk using only his brain thanks to a "Neural Bypass" procedure: the man, paralyzed 5 years ago following a motorbike accident, is the first in the world to walk without any aid. Dr. An Do's team at the University of California achieved a historic milestone by allowing the brain of a 26-year-old American to transmit brain impulses directly to electrodes placed around his legs, which produced the movements… Read more

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