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Hey folx! You probably see a lot of stuff from other social networks mirrored to Mastodon, how about we do it the other way around?
Recently, I've starred to mirror my posts to Instagram, Reddit, and other platforms, and I've had quite the success. My biggest post on Instagram, which is just one screenshot of a Mastodon post, has 44.5k likes and 256k views. My

Erik Uden on Instagram: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases, written by Sara Reardon, published on the 20th of May 2026. Though, reading this Science article made me think: aren't we the brain? Am I missing something here? Now, of course the devil lies in the detail and the article makes it clear that this startup only restores “some functions”, which is certainly more complex in action than it is in theory written here, but certain language of the article makes me question the author's understanding of what is a human. The article writes: “Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes [...]” What do you mean “it's owner” — isn't the brain it's owner? Isn't that where it's owner is? I mean, certainly the brain had no more activity, the person must've been declared brain dead by all standards before being sent to this startup, still it's odd hearing someone donated their brain instead of saying they've donated... themselves? Also “using a set of proprietary brain-sustaining machines” is a terrible sentence I always thought the people who don't donate their full body to hospitals are religious lunatics, but this is the first time I wrote something on my organ donor card. They can take my brain, but not as one piece."
45K likes, 971 comments - erik.uden on May 21, 2026: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to inta…

Psychedelics align brain activity with context https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10910-z Under psilocybin, "the separation between internal models and sensory context on which predictive processing depends" dissolves.
Brain-wide reconfiguration of burst firin…

Psychedelics align brain activity with context - Nature
The psychedelic psilocybin reorganizes brain activity into structured, context-aligned patterns that integrate internal and external processing, providing a neural basis for the felt continuity between self and world, elucidating how the psychedelic state translates into psychological change.

Giants' Cam Skattebo on viral backflip fail, wild reputation: 'They wanna say I'm brain-dead ... who cares?'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-skattebo-backflip-b…

China's BrainCo unveils what it says is the world's first integrated "brain-to-robot" platform that lets users control robots using an EEG headset (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trend…

BrainCo claims mind-to-robot link at China’s World AI Conference
Hangzhou-based firm says users can control robots using only their thoughts via EEG headsets, marking a leap in embodied AI tech.

Brain-Computer-Interface: ALS-Patient nutzt Hirnimplantat 19 Monate lang
Ein ALS-Patient hat ein Brain-Computer-Interface fast zwei Jahre lang täglich zu Hause genutzt. Die Studie liefert wichtige Belege für die Alltagstauglichkeit.

Brain-Computer-Interface: ALS-Patient nutzt Hirnimplantat 19 Monate lang
Ein ALS-Patient hat ein Brain-Computer-Interface fast zwei Jahre lang täglich zu Hause genutzt. Die Studie liefert wichtige Belege für die Alltagstauglichkeit.

From deep brain stimulation to brain–computer interfaces: current progress in implantable neurotechnology https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1928223/full

Frontiers | From deep brain stimulation to brain–computer interfaces: current progress in implantable neurotechnology
Brain implants, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems, brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), and speech neuroprostheses, are moving from the proof-of-co...

LOL, f’kin Woz
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfgIwoRbYp/?igsh=MTQ1aHV2NzRzYnkwcQ==
ht…

Grand Valley State University on Instagram: "How long does it take to build a brain? 🧠💭 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke about the importance of human intelligence and innovation during his GVSU Commencement address on May 2."
6,764 likes, 92 comments - gvsu on May 18, 2026: "How long does it take to build a brain? 🧠💭 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke about the importance of human intelligence and innovation during his GVSU Commencement address on May 2.".

It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year:
using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations.
Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during
anti-immigration demonstrations across the US,
including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

ICE ‘Crowd Control’ Led to Blindings and Traumatic Brain Injuries
It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year: using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations. Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during anti-immigration demonstrations across the US, including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

Seeing and imagining are handled by the same brain cells https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/05/12/seeing-and-imagining-are-handled-by-the-same-brain-cells/
"Researchers make advances in understanding how human brains ar…

I am preparing a workshop on how to organise novel events and I am having so much fun.
Drawing the event as an organism (a friendly monster)

Some decisions are so hard!
Brain rot or possible survival?
Help me with this!
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-choose-ai-climate-goals-data-center-chief-warn…

Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.

My brain keeps mixing up The Hunt for Gollum with The Hunt for Ben Solo, and somehow I'm not too worried.

Aldon Smith's brain donated to CTE Center as family's attorneys investigate his death at age 36 https://www.foxsports.com/articles/wcbk/aldon-smiths-brain-donated-to-cte-center-as-familys-attorneys-invest…

I'm watching House 3x15 "Half-Wit" #House

Half-Wit
House encounters a brain-damaged musical prodigy with inexplicable abilities while the team faces serious concerns about House's own health.

fish is breaking my brain

Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260816044827.htm "neural traveling waves may function as a computational engine in the visual cortex";

Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see
Traveling electrical waves sweeping across the brain may help determine what we notice, predict what comes next, and construct our internal picture of the world. Researchers now argue that these waves aren't just background activity—they could be a core computational engine behind perception and memory.

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

A look at Russia's push to develop homegrown AI talent, as the country is hampered by scarce access to AI hardware and a brain drain of top technical talent (Nikita Ostrovsky/Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/russia-ai-putin-chip-us-china/

Russia Wants AI Sovereignty. It Has a Chip Problem
As Vladimir Putin's daughter helps lead a new push for AI talent, Russia's biggest obstacle may be the chips it can't make.

Recovering from (minor) brain and spine injury, I'm hand writing the same text phrase in eight distinct scripts (five new to me), with consecutive writings in "dissimilar" scripts to force my brain and hands to think each time. My goal is to repeat the whole octet 1250 times (total 10K). 🍎🏋️‍♂️🧠
#wip #wipWednesday #health

Neuroscientists long theorized that bilingual speakers must process different languages with separate patterns of brain activity.
In a new study, however, researchers found that these patterns were more alike than had been expected.
When deciding how to make a word singular or plural, for instance,
bilingual people exhibit strikingly similar brain activity regardless of whether they are speaking in their first or second language.
“It wasn’t obvious that it was going to…

Just saw that #genAI models now have a "how to protect the environment" suggestion... which suggests to use different genAI models 😇🤣🤦
You want to know the best way to save energy and protect the environment?

• do not use genAI (use your own brain, or your friends')
• while you're at it, protest all the data centers that are getting built to support all that "energy-saving"…

Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why https://www.404media.co/memories-mysteriously-survive-after-brain-shutdown-and-scientists-dont-know-why/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FocusBeats
art test:
🎵 rainbow brain
#arttest
https://arttest2.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-brain-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/2v3KvzTB3lYaPnZ1gd4K8t

I get this, mostly because I fancy myself a writer:
https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/117113511781387827
I also know this is true, because I have witnessed it:

Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems #environment

Chlorpyrifos: Pesticide tied to brain damage in children, chronic disease and other health problems
Chlorpyrifos, a widely used insecticide, is strongly linked to brain damage in children.

Required reading for programmers
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer

I'm watching House 3x15 "Half-Wit" #House

Half-Wit
House encounters a brain-damaged musical prodigy with inexplicable abilities while the team faces serious concerns about House's own health.

Version v3 of the white paper and living document on The vOICe vision BCI and brain implants for restoring vision is now on Zenodo #BCI

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'`,…

The brain's code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01554-0 "Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought." Required for "time stamping" of events for long-term memories?

The brain’s code seems to be in constant flux. Neuroscientists are baffled
Neurons fire much more erratically than researchers thought. What does that mean for how the brain works?

Troy Aikman confesses about his "ridiculous" daily routine to protect brain after surviving 10 career concussions https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/troy-aikman-concussions-daily-…

Having tinnitus, I found this interesting .
#tinnitus

Family to have Smith's brain checked for CTE https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49081473/family-aldon-smith-having-brain-checked-cte

One of the world's top centers for brain science is taking a huge gamble on a tiny, transparent fish.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus near Washington, D.C., has announcedan effort to use artificial intelligence and an unusual fish called Danionella to understand how the brain controls complex behaviors like social interaction.
Janelia plans to triple the space dedicated to fish to 6,000 square feet, which will make room for thousands of new t…

Endlose Selbstüberschätzung …
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain's 'Core Algorithm' - Slashdot https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/06/08/0418226/jeff-bezos-is-funding-a-wild-hunt-for-the-brains-cor…

Mum Brain
Join TV news journalist Estelle Griepink as she consults the collective mum brain to get you the answers you need to know in ten minutes or less...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/mum-brain/

#Neuroscientists of the world - do you sometimes have questions about a new technique you're trying to setup in the lab? Or getting too much noise in your system and wondering why? Not sure why your rats / flies / humans are not learning? Which virus to get for your optogenetic experiment? How to stain brain slices? Whether an expensive piece of kit is worth buying? ...
The

NeuroMethods
A space to ask and answer questions about methods in Neuroscience (this replaces our previous Slack workspace). Prospective users: you should be able to join with an academic email :) | Cheers to Zulip for sponsoring our workspace!

Scientists Are Building Electronics That Stretch Like Human Skin and Learn Like a Brain
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-are-building-electronics-that-stretch-like-human-skin-and-learn-like-a-brain/

I think people resent the story that AI is a super-genius who can do your job, but also that every error is a consequence of user input because you should have expected that the computer-brain would be super-literal.
> “It was asked, can you find this? And it did find that. It just didn’t say if there’s more here, then don’t do it. It just simply said, is it there? And the answer was yes.”

Flock Says Its Cameras Worked 'Correctly' When Police Tracked and Ambushed Me for No Reason
Flock says its AI-powered surveillance cameras need humans in the loop to input target license plates correctly and verify its alerts.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wah Wah Wah:
🎵 Brain Overload
#WahWahWah
https://wahwahwah.bandcamp.com/track/brain-overload
https://open.spotify.com/track/0cYBQxqkQdlWLqqC2x4Odv

Lawyer Says ICE Detainee Suffered Brain Bleed After Violent Apprehension, Was Guarded by Agents Instead of Given Private Medical Care (Aaron Parnas/MeidasTouch)
https://meidasnews.com/news/lawyer-says-ice-detainee-suffered-brain-bleed-after-violent-apprehension-was-guarded-by-agents-instead-of-given-private-medical-care
http://www.memeorandum.com/260817/p130#a260817p130

"EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Pesticides

EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development
New study on fluazinam’s neurotoxicity comes up with different findings from earlier report based on manufacturer’s data

Im having another "once I finish learning driving ima get soooo into urbex" moment
https://bodacious44.net/urbex/urbex

Humans are not nouns, we’re verbs.
(H/t to some dude named Eric on NPRs Hidden Brain. He also cites his cat as a guru of sorts. )

Stanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brain https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/stanford-researchers-discover-a-language-specific-network-hidden-in-the-human-brain/

Stanford researchers discover a language-specific network hidden in the human brain
The brain language network can be mapped from fMRI activity even while people rest or perform tasks unrelated to language.

Israel-based Hemispheric, whose AI model can analyze brain activity measured non-invasively and turn it into quantitative metrics for diagnoses, raised $52M (Meytal Vaizberg/Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-neuroai-diagnostic-co-hemispheri…

NeuroAI diagnostic co Hemispheric raises $52m
The Israeli company’s AI model can analyze brain activity measured by non-invasive means and turn it into quantitative metrics designed to help doctors and researchers make diagnoses.

EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/eu-approved-pesticide-found-to-have-potential-effects-on-brain-development
…

Human-machine learning boosts noninvasive brain-computer control in untrained users https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-human-machine-boosts-noninvasive-brain.html "working on noninvasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to develop technology that is…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116939454993880699
ICE ‘Crowd Control’ Led to Blindings and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Doctors and human rights experts documented
hundreds of incidents
from June 2025 through May 2026
-- and estimate true number is ‘fa…

Aldon Smith's family to donate his brain for CTE research, investigating death https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7365633/2026/06/16/aldon-smith-cte-research-death/

Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/neural-bypass-brain-implant-paralysed-man-feed-himself-drink-from-cup "Keith Thomas can move ar…

Brain implant helps paralysed man to feed himself and drink from cup
Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training

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 121755 edges.
Tags: Biol…

Long-term stability of cellular-resolution brain-computer interface recordings after stroke #BCI

Long-term stability of cellular-resolution brain-computer interface recordings after stroke
Implantable brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) with single-neuron resolution are showing great promise for restoring mobility and communication in individuals with spinal cord injury or motor neuron disease. Stroke is the most common cause of acquired brain injury and a major contributor to long-term disability, making chronic stroke a highly relevant indication for iBCIs. However, whether stable intracortical recordings can be obtained from the structurally lesioned human brain is unknown. We r…

If you mean the picture version for little kids that doesn't have a lot of words, yeah.
Sec. Brain Worms: Trump Has An "Encyclopedic Mind" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/07/sec-brain-worms-trump-has-an-encyclopedic-mind/

Behind the Blog: Rare Books and Baseball Brain https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-rare-books-and-baseball-brain/

Intermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain #health

Intermittent fasting triggers surprising changes in the brain
Losing weight may involve rewiring the gut and the brain at the same time. In a study of obese adults, an intermittent fasting-style diet led to significant weight loss, healthier metabolic markers, and notable shifts in gut bacteria. Brain scans also revealed changes in regions tied to appetite, cravings, and self-control. The results suggest the gut microbiome and brain may work together to influence weight-loss success.

One symptom for me of having a bad brain day is that Siri doesn’t understand me as well (I’m using it exclusively to set timers and today both times it misunderstood me on the first try).

At an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting a complaint and her arrest.
State Money Still Flows: Despite a jail term for the school’s founder, "The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain" continues to operate and Arkansas still sends it public funds.
Unregulated and Growing: BY DESIGN, private schools get little oversight in Arkansas even as new opportunities to receive state m…

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about safety and fraud have gone unanswered, parents say.

#Paradromics and University of Michigan complete first #Connexus BCI implantation for the FDA-approved Connect-One clinical study

For Elon Musk, Neuralink Blindsight likely merely temporarily serves his current PR needs ("Jesus-level" technology) and as a stepping stone to treating other conditions that are not for a niche market like blindness, or as a stepping stone to mass-market consumer BCIs with AI. Musk is unlikely to do anything mature and sustainable for blindness.
The vOICe vision BCI, on the other hand, has the singular goal of bringing a lasting equivalent of (low) vision to the world

The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

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

"We don't see with our eyes, we see with our brain" - Paul Bach-y-Rita https://www.seeingwithsound.com/BCI.html

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that
bacteria can learn from past experiences,
store memories across generations
and adapt their behavior to changing environments
all without a brain or nervous system
https://www.cmu.edu…

Bacteria Can Learn and Form Memories Without a Brain
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a brain or nervous system.

Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and brain health #nutrition

Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and brain health
Could something as simple as vitamin C help support a healthier aging brain? In a study of more than 2,000 older adults in Japan, researchers found that people with lower vitamin C levels in their blood also tended to have less gray matter and weaker connections in a key brain network involved in memory, attention, and other cognitive functions.

(LinkedIn) According to some, China takes global lead in regulated brain-computer interfaces, speeding US medtech's regulatory race https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/china-takes-global-lead-regulated-brain-computer-interfaces-panda-yu-agy…

China Takes Global Lead in Regulated Brain-Computer Interfaces, Speeding U.S. Medtech’s Regulatory Race
China’s Strategic Lead in the BCI Medtech Landscape ### 1. Regulatory Leadership & Rapid Commercialization Pathways ### 2.

Music evokes shared neural representations of imagined narratives across sensory modalities https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-76452-0
"The knowledge that auditory information can be encoded in visual areas and vice versa is not new, as is shown, for example in the…

Building brain-computer interfaces: the 3 pillars of #Paradromics https://paradromics.com/blog/building-brain-computer-interfaces-3-pillars/ referencing TK Kozai (2015…

Building Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
We treat safety, performance, & durability not as tradeoffs but as minimum thresholds. Learn how the Connexus BCI was designed to meet all 3.

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

Millions take omega-3 fish oil for brain health but a new study found no benefit #nutrition

Millions take omega-3 fish oil for brain health but a new study found no benefit
Fish oil supplements successfully delivered omega-3s to the brain, but a two-year study found no meaningful benefits for memory, cognition, or Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. The results challenge the idea that fish oil pills can help prevent Alzheimer’s and shift attention toward overall diet and lifestyle instead.

Every cell in your body has the potential to get smarter.
I don’t mean this metaphorically, or in a “body keeps the score” kind of way.
I mean that if lab-coated biologists took a sample of your skin and very carefully manipulated the cells inside it, they could actually make a brain.
They do it all the time.
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world.
Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.

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

WIRED: Her brain was broken. It was fixed with sound - not a scalpel https://www.wired.com/story/brain-focused-ultrasound/ (archived at https://a…

Spatial transcriptomics on an expanded dataset at the brain-electrode interface: exploration of variability and identification of novel biomarkers https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1852774/full "…

Frontiers | Spatial transcriptomics on an expanded dataset at the brain-electrode interface: exploration of variability and identification of novel biomarkers
The foreign body reaction to implanted electrodes in the brain has long been recognized as a major challenge impacting the performance and reliability of ind...

Discovering functionally selective brain regions with a deep topographic multimodal model #AI #NeuroAI

Discovering Functionally Selective Brain Regions with a Deep Topographic Multimodal Model
Nearby neurons in cortex share similar response profiles, producing systematic spatial organization across sensory and cognitive systems. Recent topographic models reproduce aspects of this structure but remain unimodal and spatially constrain each layer separately, yielding fragmented maps that capture neither the contiguity of cortical processing streams nor their integration across modalities. We introduce Topo-Omni, a topographic multimodal model in which visual, auditory, and language/cogn…

It's now well over 2 months after the third blind person received an ICVP brain implant for restoring vision. How is she doing? Here are video clips of ICVP recipient Chyvonne Wilson Blanchard in her first days of training https://www.facebook.com/chyvonne.blanchard/owner_reels

What does sound do to your brain's gene expression, RNA?
Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/229/11/jeb252287…

China's first commercial insurance policy for invasive BCI surgery is out https://insidebci.com/market/2026-08-16-picc-property-casualty-china-first-commercial-insurance-invasive-bci-surgery-zhejiang/

China's first commercial insurance policy for invasive BCI surgery is out
State-owned PICC Property and Casualty signed China's first commercial insurance policy covering invasive brain-computer interface surgery on Wednesday 12 August 2026. Counterparty is the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Zhejiang Provincial Government Office released a same-day industry-policy package. Hong Kong and Shenzhen BCI-tagged stocks rallied.

The Brain and The Chip 2026, October 26-28, Spain #BCI

Non-invasive optical stimulation for induction of auditory perception https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1136516 "It may also open new avenues for sensory substitution devices"
Optical induction of auditory perception via cochlear stimulation in Mongolian gerbils …

Non-invasive optical stimulation for induction of auditory perception
Hearing loss affects communication, learning, independence, and social well-being. While cochlear implants have transformed treatment for severe hearing impairment, they require surgery and are often associated with post-operative complications. They also rely on electrical stimulation, which can limit their precision. Researchers are therefore exploring whether applying optical neural stimulation through brain-machine interfaces can mitigate these limitations. However, the effect of laser stim…

A congenitally blind woman who I have known for many years, stated yesterday: "Not many of us actually seem too interested in brain implants. Maybe it's more of a late blind thing, but even among people who have lost their sight, I don't hear much about brain implants."

Without the months of training needed with brain implants for restoring vision, one cannot make a fair comparison with The vOICe noninvasive vision BCI #BCI

Cross-modal invariants as the foundational basis of emerging brain circuitry representations https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064526000539 "cross-modal invariants will need to be individually learned."

Do non-language regions become language regions? The case of deprived sensory cortices https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awag242/8728959 "Deprived sensory cortices, contrary to many claims, do not become language regio…

Sound can complement electrode-based brain implants (BCIs) in multiple ways. https://bioniclab.substack.com/p/sound-waves-against-scar-tissue "What if we could redirect the brain's immune response using nothing but sound?"

🔊 Ultrasound Against the Foreign Body Response: What Sound Did to Microglia
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 16

What patients actually think about 'minimally invasive' brain implants https://archive.ph/gm7le (archived from https://www.…

Visual-to-auditory sensory substitution may be the supplemental "glue" needed to make brain implants for restoring vision shine: textures and shading, undistorted visual feedback, fill-in for failing electrodes, etc https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm

China has approved the world's first invasive brain-computer chip - here's what's next https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/01/1138133/china-world-first-brain-chip/ (archived at

China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next
The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that process.

Scientists discover the brain can rewire itself to truly multitask https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-the-brain-can-rewire-itself-to-truly-multitask/ Implications for sensory substitution? Sensory overload?
Extensive experienc…

Scientists Discover the Brain Can Rewire Itself To Truly Multitask
Extensive practice can rewire the brain so a learned skill runs more automatically, making some forms of true multitasking possible.

(LinkedIn) The BCI race: innovation vs. scale (and why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bci-race-innovation-vs-scale-why-us-might-lose-war-panda-yu-6ba5c/

The BCI Race: Innovation vs. Scale (And why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥
The BCI Race: Innovation vs. Scale (And why the US might lose the brain-to-computer war) 🧠💥 While the West fixates on Neuralink’s latest patient milestones and venture-backed celebrity founders, a massive shift is happening in the East that the global tech community is largely ignoring.

I'd like to set the bar for Elon Musk's upcoming Neuralink Blindsight brain implant ahead of time. What benchmarking videos of a blind user of The vOICe vision BCI would challenge Neuralink Blindsight? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewuFviiSs

Judging from comments, blind people on Facebook seem by and large interested in getting a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision https://www.facebook.com/groups/1006104764242457/posts/1600860634766864/ and

Blind Things and Stuff | Facebook

Synergistic entrainment: a multiscale neurodynamic framework for closed-loop cross-modal neuromodulation https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11571-026-10503-6 Similarly, opt for timed hybrid use of brain implant and sensory substitution?

Synergistic entrainment: a multiscale neurodynamic framework for closed-loop cross-modal neuromodulation - Cognitive Neurodynamics
The brain’s higher cognitive functions rely on the dynamic integration of multimodal information, supported by coordinated neural oscillations. However, current neuromodulation approaches often fail to reliably control these dynamics due to high inter-individual variability and limited mechanistic grounding. To address this challenge, we introduce the Synergistic Entrainment Framework, which conceptualizes the brain as a dynamical system in which neural oscillations create periodic windows of…

The silence around actual progress with the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision to the blind is deafening, and its opaqueness is blinding too. #BCI #hype vs #transparency &

The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.

Elon Musk's bandwidth argument for Neuralink has a problem: the brain itself https://glitchwire.com/news/elon-musks-bandwidth-argument-for-neuralink-has-a-problem-the-brain-itself/ The 10 bits per second problem (for decision m…

Elon Musk's Bandwidth Argument for Neuralink Has a Problem: The Brain Itself
Musk's latest X post frames Neuralink as the solution to human cognitive bottlenecks. New neuroscience research suggests the limitation isn't the interface, it's the architecture.

Revision Implant lands oversubscribed €4M round to take brain-powered sight implant into the clinic https://bmmagazine.co.uk/get-funded/revision-implant-4m-funding-brain-visual-prosthesis/ Brain implant for restoring vision to the blind;

Revision Implant lands oversubscribed €4m round to take brain-powered sight implant into the clinic
Belgian neurotech ReVision Implant secures an oversubscribed €4m round to bring cortical visual prosthesis manufacturing in-house ahead of first-in-human trials in Q3 2026.

Can a brain implant restore vision? Elon Musk says yes https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/tech/416707/can-a-brain-implant-restore-vision-elon-musk-says This is actually a decent news article by not just regurgitating Musk's unsubs…

Occipital and parietal non-invasive brain stimulation enhances perceptual learning and transfer: evidence from high-frequency tRNS https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2026.1794676/full

Frontiers | Occipital and parietal non-invasive brain stimulation enhances perceptual learning and transfer: evidence from high-frequency tRNS
Perceptual training yields specific, long-lasting improvements, yet its transfer to untrained conditions is often limited. This tension has been proposed to ...

Brain computer interfaces boot up multipronged legal issues https://www.afslaw.com/perspectives/news/brain-computer-interfaces-boot-multipronged-legal-issues "BCIs may be implantable or noninvasive", "Can neural data ever …

Brain Computer Interfaces Boot Up Multipronged Legal Issues | ArentFox Schiff
Forget science fiction — the race to connect computers directly to the human brain is already underway, and it is accelerating. In recent months, neurotechnology companies have expanded human clinical trials and attracted substantial investment.

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