A Ball of Brain Cells on a Chip Can Learn Simple Speech Recognition and Math
A tiny ball of brain cells hums with activity as it sits atop an array of electrodes. For two days, it receives a…
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Google’s Gemini AI Hints at the Next Great Leap for the Technology
Google has launched Gemini, a new artificial intelligence system that can seemingly understand and speak intelligently…
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This Mind-Reading Cap Can Translate Thoughts to Text Thanks to AI
Wearing an electrode-studded cap bristling with wires, a young man silently reads a sentence in his head. Moments later,…
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Ultrasonic 3D Printer Could One Day Repair Organs in the Body Without Surgery
A plump piece of farm-fresh chicken leg rested on a pristine surface at Harvard Medical School. Skin on and bone in,…
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 9)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI Boom Will Knight | Wired “[Google…
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Building Telescopes on the Moon Could Transform Astronomy—and It’s Becoming an Achievable Goal
Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies—and increasingly…
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Mice Just Passed the Mirror Test. Here’s What That Says About Our Sense of Self
Here’s a fun test: Dab some blush onto the forehead of a six-month-old baby and plop them in front of a mirror. They…
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IBM Is Planning to Build Its First Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer by 2029
This week, IBM announced a pair of shiny new quantum computers. The company’s Condor processor is the first quantum chip…
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