Neuroscience

Should Right-to-Repair Laws Extend to Bionic Body Parts?

IEEE Spectrum: When IEEE Spectrum published an article in February about blind people whose bionic vision systems had become obsolete and unsupported, it generated both attention and outrage. The article tells the story of a company called Second Sight that created…

Organoids and neuron transplants give new ways to study the brain

The Economist: Studying the human brain is hard. Other animals’ brains provide clues. But they cannot reveal the special essence that makes human brains different. Nor, often, do they make good models for neurological conditions that affect human beings. Recently, however,…

Funky Helmet Enhances MRI Brain Scans

Medgadget: A team of engineers and radiologists at Boston University created a helmet that can dramatically improve MRI scans of the brain. The device consists of a series of magnetic metamaterial resonators that significantly boost MRI performance. This results in crisper images that can be obtained at twice the…

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

IEEE Spectrum: Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour when her world abruptly went dark. For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude…