Mind Reading 1.0

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in decoding the “inner voice”, the words people imagine saying, using brain-computer interfaces, offering new hope for patients with paralysis or severe speech impairments. The technology can now translate imagined speech into text, raising both exciting possibilities and important ethical questions about mental privacy. How the Technology Works Microelectrode arraysContinueContinue reading “Mind Reading 1.0”

Interesting Development, Long Overdue

Some doctors won’t be happy 🧐 But will they now just make everyone underpaid? For decades, the prices Medicare pays doctors for different medical services have been largely decided not by Medicare itself, but by a powerful industry group, the American Medical Association. An A.M.A. committee meets in secret to determine the difficulty and timeContinueContinue reading “Interesting Development, Long Overdue”