Day 24 (breakthrough): The BrainGate brain computer interface enables individuals with extreme paralysis to move. It's the product of decades of scientific discoveries & engineering. For one man, he imagines writing letters and it's transformed into text. It's remarkable! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03506-2 More on BrainGate:
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BrainGate
A consortium of clinicians, scientists, and engineers developing brain-computer interfaces to restore movement and communication for people with pa...
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Elusive Cures
A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnesses
Day 26 (breakthrough): AI. "Building" was once held up as a test of understanding. With AI, we can build w/out it. AlphaFold is an AI model that predicts protein structures from DNA, created w/out understanding protein folding. It changes the game. #ElusiveCures30
Elusive Cures
A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnesses
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