News tagged with electronic brain

Researchers create functioning synapse using carbon nanotubes

Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

NeuroSky lets gamers use their brains

NeuroSky wants gamers to start using their brains. The start-up that specializes in technology to measure brainwaves was at the Electronic Entertainment Expo here this week showing videogame titans how they ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 7

Test of implantable cardioverter defibrillator linked to cognitive problems

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, according to research reported ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cell-inspired electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single cell in the human body is approximately 10,000 times more energy-efficient than any nanoscale digital transistor, the fundamental building block of electronic chips. In one second, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA's ENose can sense brain cancer cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers bring new brain mapping capabilities to desktops of scientists worldwide

Mapping the billions of connections in the brain is a grand challenge in neuroscience. The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the use of room-size microscopes known as transmission electron microscopes ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (35) | comments 17 weblog