3-D wiring diagram traces connections for 200,000 brain cells

Reconstruction of brain cells

A 3-D reconstruction of cells from the MICrONS data set shows the complexity of the shapes and branched axons and dendrites in a mouse brain. Each cell is marked with a different color. (MICrONS / Allen Institutes) Neuroscientists from the Allen Institute in Seattle and other research institutes completed a five-year, multi-million dollar project with … Read more

Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk’s Neuralink device play Pong with its brain – TechCrunch

Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk’s Neuralink device play Pong with its brain – TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control (we are aware of this), has released a new blog post and video detailing some of his recent updates – including how his hardware is used to enable a monkey to play pong only with its brain. In … Read more