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How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-psychedelics-brain.html "psychedelics make the brain more likely to 'see' images from memory rather than what's actually in front of it"; mental imagery

How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake: New study
A new study in mice suggests psychedelics make the brain more likely to "see" images from memory rather than what's actually in front of it.

One of those things about claims of “AGI” is that to really build a human-like intelligence we’d have to simulate a human brain as whole because 1. it’s the only thing we know that produces human intelligence and 2. no one knows how it actually works.
Because of (2) it’s irrelevant what anyone says about LLMs or any other technology (with the exception of simulating a whole brain)—you can’t know if a technology is intelligent like a human because we don’t know what that means or how that works.
Fun thing, it turns out it’s impossible to simulate a whole brain with the resolution required (basically quantum physics level), and you’d have to emulate a chemical and physical environment for the brain as well (it will also need a body etc.).
You’d also have to simulate other humans with brains from which the brain can learn; but to simulate those you’d have simulate evolving humans from single-cell organisms first etc etc ad infinitum

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 71604 edges.
Tags: Biolo…

For those who have been hearing of a Fly Brain being uploaded, the work you've been hearing of is impressive, yet as always the pop science media has warped what happened a bit:
„The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.”
https://…

The Fly Brain Breakthrough Is Real. The “First Brain Upload” Narrative Is Not.
Scientists mapped a fruit fly’s 139,255 neurons in extraordinary detail. Then a startup turned that milestone into a story about brain…

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s #health

Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in the brain through multiple biological pathways. Scientists estimate adults may consume about 250 grams of these particles each year, and some can accumulate in organs including the brain.

#shitpost #shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromTumblr

Your Brain Doesn’t Magically Finish Developing at 25. Here’s What Actually Happens
https://scitechdaily.com/your-brain-doesnt-magically-finish-developing-at-25-heres-what-actually-happens/

A look at China's push to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, as Shanghai-based startup NeuroXess moves to human trials with Beijing's backing (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/re…

😯😯😯
https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/whole-brain-emulation-achieved-scientists-run-a-fruit-fly-brain-in-simulation/
Thanks @…

Whole Brain Emulation Achieved: Scientists Run a Fruit Fly Brain in Simulation | RathBiotaClan
Scientists ran a real fruit fly brain in simulation using the FlyWire connectome, achieving the first working whole brain emulation.

@… if you need more accounts to follow this is a good place to start. https://fedidevs.com/s/NjQ5/

Next up, the Nurse Drain is just a part of the overall brain drain out of the US. Trump makes anyone who is skilled, has the opportunity and has half a brain to want to.
The Brain Drain into the USA was a key super power of the USA. Under Putin/Trump that is being destroyed. https://dmv.community/@AliceMarshall/116229967969444700

Application of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces in spinal cord injury rehabilitation #BCI #NeuroTech

🎶 TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language
#birds

TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language
A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into the neural basis of how the brain learns and produces language, and offering potential applications for understanding animal vocalization more broadly. The study by University of Oregon researchers appears in the journal Patterns.

#NowPlaying Originally released in 1968, FMP reissued “Machine Gun” by Peter Brötzmann in 1990. The opening salvo on this album, the sound of three saxophonists playing sharp blasts in unison, resembling the rat-a-tat-tat of an automatic weapon, completely reorganized my brain. If you have never heard this masterpiece, it’s available in a newly expanded digital edition.

This page has several very interesting optical illusions about how our eyes create motion blur ("persistence of vision"). For a split second the brain retains an image from the past and merges it with the current (*) image. Enough to make special black and white patterns smear into a solid shape.
https://testufo.com/eyetracking<…

#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
VILA: Someone beckoning. Do you see it, Gan. [pause] It's gone.
ARCO: I didn't see anybody.
VILA: You must have done.
ARCO: I tell you I didn't. You're so scared your brain's curdling.

The Council shall decide your fate... once orange gets their brain cell back

In der Juristerei wird das Aufkommen der LLMs begeistert gefeiert. Man versucht sich zu profilieren. Man ist vielleicht besorgt, dass die Stundensätze herunter gehen könnten. Aber sonst? Und dann diese Studie, die zeigt, dass bei Benutzung von LLMs die cognitive Kapazität und damit auch die Qualität dauernd nach unten zeigt. Kurz: Ein LLM-Anwalt bietet teure 0815-Soße, die man auch ohne Anwalt haben kann.

Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition. In a fourth session, LLM users were reassigned to Brain-only group (LLM-to-Brain), and Brain-only users were reassigned to LLM condition (Brain-to-LLM). A total of 54 participants took part in Sessions 1-3, with 18 completing session 4. We used electroencephalo…

Neuroscience produces more data every year: more neurons mapped, more proteins identified. Yet the fundamental questions remain unanswered. We're creating puzzle pieces without knowing what image they're meant to form.
https://ocrampal.com/the-puzzle-in-neuroscience/

The Puzzle Without a Picture: Why Geneosophy is Needed
The metaphor of the puzzle can be applied to any science, though it becomes particularly vivid in neuroscience. In neuroscience, we work with a multitude of objects considered central to the field: neurons, brain structures such as the cortex, hippocampus, and basal ganglia; and, at a smaller scale, neurotransmitters, proteins,

"I’d interpret this as follows: this likely came down to a discussion involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a few other Iran hardliners. That’s where the decision was going to be made. There were probably people on the margins […]. But they would have known these buzzkill remarks weren’t what Trump or his inner ring of advisors wanted to hear. This is the nature of personalist rule. It’s down to the leader’s gut impulses. He doesn’t want to hear about problems."

Misplaced neurons reveal the brain's adaptability https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ns01162601.html Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function

Misplaced Neurons Reveal the Brain’s Adaptability
Can the brain keep working when its architecture changes?

fly_hemibrain: Fly hemibrain (2020)
A synaptic map of the hemibrain connectome of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using EM reconstruction techniques. Neurons are labeled by their type. Edges are annotated by the connection strength between the neurons.
This network has 21739 nodes and 4259624 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted, Metadata

I think often of a story my composer friend Todd Harper told of the days when he taught 4th grade.
He brought in a piece music every day to play for the kids — widely varied in style, origin, and era, almost always something unfamiliar to them.
One day he brought in an Erik Satie march that they all •hated•. It’s a sort of wildly repetitive and maddening, bores its way into your brain, and the kids flipped out.
So he started playing it again every day.
2/

Chinese brain-computer interface startup Gestala raised $21.6M co-led by Guosheng Capital and Dalton Venture at a $100M to $200M valuation, per CEO Phoenix Peng (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/bci-startu…

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch | TechCrunch
This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.

AI tools could make companies less competitive because everyone buys the same brain, think tank CEO says - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-could-make-companies-less-competitive-think-tank-ceo-2026-1

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Cypress Hill:
🎵 Insane In The Brain
#CypressHill
https://fefotheghost.bandcamp.com/track/cypress-hill-insane-in-the-brain-fefo-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/6DtVPEJXQxDp7nn3Kp076o

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116074917264106460
I was! It is the source or beginning of my understanding how the brain works.

Fascinating article in @…:
https://www.thetransmitter.org/defining-ce

From genes to dynamics: Examining brain cell types in action may reveal the logic of brain function
Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity.

Thank you brain. 23:32 and now you start chewing on a thought that I'll need to write down to get it out of my head. Awesome. Perfect.

this combination pot store & "prison style bootcamp" on delancey street never fails to make my brain grind. all i can imagine is allen ginsberg overseeing workouts & screaming POT IS FUN!!!! at you while you're on the elliptical or some shit. (and yes, i get that weed & exercise go together just fine. it's more the bootcamp part.) #nyc

Shitposters, Assemble!
https://fedidevs.com/s/NjQ5/

Shitposters of the Fediverse - Mastodon Starter Pack
Posters that primarily post jokes, likely with some level of internet-poisoned brain rot. (Some politics and other interests may be included) Many (but not all) are users who were/are on bluesky.

«Studie warnt vor "#AIBrainFry" durch intensive KI-Nutzung am #Arbeitsplatz:
Eine BCG-Studie mit knapp 1.500 Beschäftigten zeigt, dass die gleichzeitige #Überwachung zu vieler

Studie warnt vor "AI Brain Fry" durch intensive KI-Nutzung am Arbeitsplatz
Eine BCG-Studie mit knapp 1.500 Beschäftigten zeigt, dass die gleichzeitige Überwachung zu vieler KI-Tools kognitive Erschöpfung auslöst. Die Folgen sind messbar, von höheren Fehlerquoten bis zu steigender Kündigungsabsicht.

My body/brain is very, very fried by flu, which seems to make playing clunkier than usual - but I liked some of the resulting new chordal movements that came out of this improv even w/ the slowmo clunkiness.

Once a motor nerve is infected,
the rabies virus works backwards, infecting the nerve that tells the motor nerve what to do,
then infecting the nerve that tells that one what to do, and so on.
By working backwards like this, rabies makes its way to the spinal cord, then works its way upwards until it reaches the brain.
This journey from the body to the brain can take anywhere from a week to a year,
depending on where the bite happened and how much virus got into …

Driving you mad: Understanding the rabies virus
People have lived in fear of rabies for thousands of years, but it’s only recently we’ve started to learn how it works.

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

⚡ Newly identified brain circuit and cells link prior experiences to appetite
#brain

Newly identified brain circuit and cells link prior experiences to appetite
Our past experiences shape how much we eat and where and what we choose to eat. Using preclinical models, researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified brain cells that translate contextual information into appetite control.

Today’s one small action to push SF progressives away from the embrace of car brain.
All candidates who have filed in that district oppose the park, so it’s an easy call that she would be my first place vote if I lived there, regardless. But unless that stance changes, am I spending my precious time on her campaign? Nah. #sfpol

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Gillan:
🎵 Unchain Your Brain
#Gillan
https://open.spotify.com/track/2QctEep28XguqmdGy53Ytv

"Most importantly, it means countries should do everything they can to retain their best homegrown entrepreneurs"
The exorbitant privilege of the US brain gain is fading - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/70036c24-2423-4078-97bb-7e5596645063

Interesting
#ai

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week
Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications

Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs raised $252M from OpenAI, Bain Capital, and others (Ike Swetlitz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/altman-s-merge-raises-252-million-to-l…

Hm, Doom läuft inzwischen auf Zahnbürsten und nun lernen pythonprogrammierte Gehirnzellen das Spielen von Doom in einer Wochen. Hey, was soll schief gehen, Skynet hat auch mal klein angefangen ;) :D
Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week: https://www.

Time course of visual plasticity following adult-onset #deafness (in cats) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-39490-8

The main difference is that this time around companies are also preventing junior developers from actually being able to learn how to code.
Truly epic galaxy-brain fail.

I don’t want to get into fan fiction of franchises because my brain is already muddy enough, but one thing I can’t keep myself from reading is the fan fiction text chains between #HeatedRivalry characters.
1/2

@… how come I see these in my feed? I suspect they have a “science” hashtag, but I don’t see it in the app.
https://reddthat.com/post/61631735
Anyway to show those?

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next? - Berkeley News (2024) - Reddthat
Lemmy

> the rot has taken somebody...
> it’s chewed out that chunk of their brain that understood decency and responsibility once upon a time.
> It’s the sound of somebody letting that happen, because they never really liked feeling those things in the first place.
tell it, @… !

She's Honestly Mental
Hosted by Corrina Rawlinson: ADHD brain (medicated), mum of three, and proud mental health hospital alumni who went from writing suicide letters to building a movement...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/shes-h

La última del “genio”: debemos dejar de hablar y comunicarnos con lenguaje humano (para que el tenga un wireshark ubicuo, claro).
De malo de peli serie B.
https://x.com/r0ck3t23/status/2022549367161331783?s=20

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

Neuralink set to launch 'high-volume' brain implant production as competitors weigh in https://thedebrief.org/neuralink-set-to-launch-high-volume-brain-implant-production-as-competitors-weigh-in/

Neuralink Set to Launch ‘High-Volume’ Brain Implant Production as Competitors Weigh In
Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

A study of ~1,500 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause "AI brain fry", a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themselves pushed to their cognitive limits. Participants in a recent study described a “buzzing” feeling or a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. The authors call this phenomenon “AI brain fry,” defined as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight…

fly_hemibrain: Fly hemibrain (2020)
A synaptic map of the hemibrain connectome of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using EM reconstruction techniques. Neurons are labeled by their type. Edges are annotated by the connection strength between the neurons.
This network has 21739 nodes and 4259624 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted, Metadata

(YouTube) #NeuroXess #Trinity: "China's answer to #Neuralink: The world's safest, fully implanted brain chip"

A new study suggests that #dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain.
Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive,
disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue.
When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned.
This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in …

Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia
A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a key lipid causes blood vessels to become overactive, disrupting circulation and starving brain tissue. When the missing molecule was restored, normal blood flow returned. This discovery opens the door to new treatments aimed at fixing vascular problems in dementia.

✨ Noninvasive approach to treating stroke by boosting the brain's lymphatic system
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-noninvasive-approach-boosting-brain-lymphatic.html

Noninvasive approach to treating stroke by boosting the brain's lymphatic system
Scientists from Monash University are partnering with colleagues at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., to develop a new, high-tech approach for treating ischemic stroke by enhancing removal of toxic waste products from the brain.

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 112890 edges.
Tags: Biol…

How psychedelic drugs affect the brain https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/ns02132601.html "High-resolution brain imaging reveals that psychedelics suppress external visual processing and instead drive visual areas to access the retrosplenial cortex, [...], thereby generating hallucinati…

How Psychedelic Drugs Affect the Brain
Research findings reinforce new approaches in psychology, using psychedelic substances under medical supervision to treat certain clinical conditions.

🎧 Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
#sensors

Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
An international research team has uncovered the next frontier in monitoring brain health, and the key is in technology that millions of people are already using every day—earbuds. The world-first study found that commercially available earbuds have the capability to detect and classify brain activity, simply by measuring subtle changes in users' hearing. The team used acoustic sensors in earphones to assess cognitive load—the mental effort that shapes learning, task performance and early c…

Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered by a custom chip that connects to compatible minifigures and tags for interactive lights and sounds (Jeremy White/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/lego-smart-brick-new-digital-brain/

Lego’s Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain
The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the Minifigs.

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes,
the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same.
Where do those differences come from?
Scientists are realizing the defining qualities that make up each cell actually lie in a cousin of DNA called RNA.
RNA was long considered DNA’s boring biochemical relative.
Researchers thought it merely takes the genetic information stored in DNA and delivers i…

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
Researchers are embarking on the RNA equivalent of the Human Genome Project, including sequencing all the chemical modifications that make cells unique.

🤯 Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
#fat

Specific brain signals rapidly eliminate body fat in mice
Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a potent pathway that begins in the brain and leads to loss of all body fat without reducing food intake. The study is reported in Nature Metabolism.

Garry Tan, VC and Y Combinator CEO: Brain computer interfaces are now giving sight back to the blind https://garryslist.org/posts/brain-computer-interfaces-are-now-giving-sight-back-to-the-blind by @…

Brain Computer Interfaces Are Now Giving Sight Back to the Blind
A 2mm chip restored sight more than 80% of blind trial patients, built by a former cofounder of Neuralink.

Movies reconstructed purely from mouse brain activity https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-movies-reconstructed-purely-mouse-brain.html
Movie reconstruction from mouse visual cortex activity

Q&A with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak on building a general-purpose brain for robots, standing out among big tech's robotics efforts, the path to AGI, and more (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/skild-ai-ceo-robotics-brain-davos

Skild AI's CEO on building one brain for every robot
My full Sources Live interview with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak from Davos.

cintestinalis: Tadpole larva brain (C. intestinalis)
Entire connectivity matrix for the complete brain of a larva of Ciona intestinalis. Each directed edge represents a synaptic connection from pre-synaptic cell i to post-synaptic cell j (may not be a neuron). Edge weights represent the cumulative depth of presynaptic contacts in µm.
This network has 205 nodes and 2903 edges.
Tags: Biological, Connectome, Weighted

Can listening to certain sounds really treat Alzheimer's Disease? https://www.kcl.ac.uk/can-listening-to-certain-sounds-really-treat-alzheimers-disease "Taken together, the findings of this review suggest that auditory gamma stimulation is …

Can listening to certain sounds really treat Alzheimer's Disease? | Feature from King's College London
Alzheimer’s disease is related to the build-up of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, but it is also characterised by disrupted patterns of brain signalling. The brain works through…

🛑 Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry
https://theconversation.com/hesitation-is-costly-in-sports-but-essential-to-life-neuroscientists-iden…

Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry
There are specific parts of the brain that trigger hesitation in times of uncertainty.

(PDF on Zenodo) White paper: Comparing The vOICe vision BCI for the blind with Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants for restoring vision #BCI

Source: Sam Altman's Merge Labs, which seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of LA-based nonprofit Forest Neurotech (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-brain-computer-interf…

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit
Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of Forest Neurotech, a Los Angeles nonprofit.

Instead of invasive electrodes (Neuralink Blindsight) or ultrasound ( invasive irreversible gene therapy and/or neural dust, Merge Labs), The vOICe vision BCI uses audible sound and is completely noninvasive https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm and it works, gives functional v…

🦥 Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
#diet …

Long-term calorie restriction may slow normal brain aging
As the brain ages, cells in the central nervous system experience metabolic dysfunction and increased oxidative damage. These cellular issues impair the ability to maintain the myelin sheath (the protective covering around nerve fibers), which leads to age-related white matter degradation.

While Elon Musk is pushing hard to get the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant out, The vOICe vision BCI can grow organically, no matter how long it takes https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Applied psychohistory

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

China approves the market launch of an invasive BCI system that helps restore hand movement, the world's first approval of such a device for commercial use (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcar

What it's like to have a brain implant for 5 years https://www.wired.com/story/synchron-brain-computer-interface-five-years-als/ (archived at

What It’s Like to Have a Brain Implant for 5 Years
No one has had a Synchron brain-computer interface longer than Rodney Gorham. He's still finding new ways to use it.

😵‍💫 Targeted ultrasound can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms
#ultrasound

Targeted ultrasound can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms
The nucleus accumbens is a tiny element of the human brain triggered when we experience something enjoyable, and used to help us learn behaviors that lead to rewards. A new study has shown for the first time that its influence on human behavior can be altered using transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS).

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Neural vision restoration in ophthalmology https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-026-03989-y "restore visual perception through retinal prostheses, optic nerve and thalamic implants, cortical brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), optogenetics, and non-invasive s…

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 54480 edges.
Tags: Biolo…

Deepinder Goyal, who stepped down as Zomato's CEO, raised $54M at a $190M valuation for Temple, which aims to make high-performance wearables for elite athletes (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/after-zoma…

After Zomato, Deepinder Goyal returns with a $54M brain-monitoring bet | TechCrunch
Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.

How many blind people will trust Elon Musk with their brain well enough to get a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision, especially since Musk's real ambitions lie in mass adoption of BCIs for interfacing with AI. Is Blindsight merely a temporary stepping stone?

😕 Questions are being raised about microplastics studies—here's what's solid science and what isn't
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-microplastics-solid-science-isnt.html

Questions are being raised about microplastics studies—here's what's solid science and what isn't
Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a recent investigation by The Guardian suggests that some of these claims may be less robust than they first appeared.

What will blind recipients of a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant be able to do that they cannot do with smartglasses performing visual-to-auditory sensory substitution, talking OCR and AI scene description?
Grok AI: https://x.com/i/grok/share/e7e93359abb5491aa0f76a802da2461e

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

Docs: London-based AI chip startup Olix, founded by James Dacombe, CEO of brain monitoring startup CoMind, raised $220M led by Hummingbird at a $1B valuation (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/b3e70…

Brain-aligning of semantic vectors improves neural decoding of visual stimuli #BCI

Northwestern University: Wireless device 'speaks' to the brain with light (in mice) https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/12/wireless-device-speaks-to-the-brain-with-light "Implant could restore lost senses, provide sensory …

Wireless device ‘speaks’ to the brain with light
In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain — bypassing the body’s natural sensory pathways.

The 'secret connections' of the brain: a connectomic reserve for neuroplasticity? #neuroscience

#Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/ultrasound-gives-the-brain-a-nudge-in-the-right-d…

Ultrasound gives the brain a nudge in the right direction | Radboud University
Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique.

Flying drones with your eyes: the brain scientist developing Israel's future battlefield tech https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/skgser7wwg Another area her department explores is sensory substitution. "Can people learn to 'see' with sound?" she asks.

Flying drones with your eyes: the brain scientist developing Israel’s future battlefield tech
Once classified, Dr. Alona Barnea now reveals how Israel’s Defense Ministry is testing mind-controlled drones, AI ‘digital twins’ of commanders and silent brain-based communication, technologies that until recently sounded like science fiction

To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space https://news.mit.edu/2026/to-flexibly-organize-thought-the-brain-makes-use-of-space-0120

To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space
MIT researchers tested their theory of spatial computing, which holds that the brain recruits and controls ad hoc groups of neurons for cognitive tasks by applying brain waves to patches of the cortex.

(LinkedIn) As of today, not only the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant has FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, but also ReVision Implant https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frederikceyssens_with-great-pleasure-im-announcing-that…

#Cortigent reports positive 6-year findings for brain implant for providing artificial vision https://www.massdevice.com/vivani-cortigent-positive-findings-brain-implant/<…

Cortigent reports positive 6-year findings for brain implant for providing artificial vision
Vivani Medical subsidiary Cortigent announced the results of a study evaluating its Orion visual cortical prosthesis system.

Bloomberg: Brain tech startup Science Corp. Raises $230 million to treat blindness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/brain-tech-startup-science-corp-raises-230-million-to-treat-blindness (archived …

(IEEE Spectrum) 11 Amazing engineering events in 2026: Brain chip helps blind people see https://spectrum.ieee.org/new-technology-2026 on Elon Musk and Neuralink Blindsight: "some experts worry he is overpromising on the quality of the brain-computer interface";

New Technology in 2026: Brain Chips and Space Missions
11 new technologies coming in 2026 may bring life-changing impacts to users. How might they change your life?

(YouTube) Samarth by Hyundai: The vOICe vision BCI in India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtgpoT3eff0&t=692s Will Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants for restoring vision ever work for congenitally blind people? Probably not.