Brain-computer-interface training helps tetraplegics win avatar race
When humans actively participate with AI in improving performance
Two major advances in autonomous technologies that rival human abilities
Google Duplex voice technology and Boston Dynamics’ robot advances push the boundaries
FAA to team with local, state, and tribal governments and companies to develop safe drone operations
But could this ambitious program have unintended consequences when criminals and terrorists get involved?
Three dramatic new ways to visualize brain tissue and neuron circuits
May lead to breakthroughs in tracking brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s
round-up | Hawking’s radical instant-universe-as-hologram theory and the scary future of information warfare
Plus molecular movies of RNA for drug discovery, an atomically thin memory breakthrough, and a Magna Carta for the AI age
round-up | New high-resolution virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets
Promise amazing new consumer experiences, including VR/AR displays in 2020 with four times higher resolution than today’s 4K TVs
round-up | Three radical new user interfaces
Holographic videoconferencing, a smart wall, and a smart-watch projector offer new ways to interact with data and each other
New immunotherapy treatment for lung cancer dramatically improves survival, researchers report
Treatment cut in half the risk of dying or having the cancer worsen, compared to chemo alone, after nearly one year
New microscope captures awesome animated 3D movies of cells at high resolution and speed
Nobel laureate Eric Betzig’s radical invention merges high-speed, non-invasive bioscanning and astronomy’s adaptive optics
How deep learning is about to transform biomedical science
“In silico labeling” aims to decode the terabytes of data per day generated in bio research labs
A future ultraminiature computer the size of a pinhead?
Future ultrahigh-storage-density MRAM memory chip promises to outperform RAM and flash memory for AI, IoT, and 5G applications and reduce power needs in data centers
