OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ...
The Northwestern Innovation Institute (NI Institute) at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management today announced the Northwestern Innovation Prize for Human-Machine Partnership (NI Prize ...
Alan Dye will take over the design of Meta’s hardware, software, and AI integration on December 31st. Alan Dye will take over the design of Meta’s hardware, software, and AI integration on December ...
Alan Dye, Apple’s vice president of Human Interface Design since 2015, is departing the company. Bloomberg reports that Meta has poached Dye as part of its push “into AI-equipped consumer devices.” ...
An unusual household appliance has been launched on the market in Japan: a washing machine for people. The 7.5-feet-long capsule (that’s 2.30 meters) was unveiled at the World Expo [PDF], which took ...
What happens when you combine the expensive disappointment of bipedal robots with the ethical minefield of brain interface devices? Apparently we’re about to find out, at least according to ...
Japanese designers have unveiled a futuristic and fascinating invention: a fully automated washing machine for humans called the 'Human Washing Machine of the Future'. Created by Science Co. and ...
The past decade has witnessed an increasing number of carmakers ditching physical buttons on car dashboards, replacing them with large touchscreen controls. While these looked and felt cool, it wouldn ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. To prepare for my new column project on regaining our humanity, I asked ...
An important milestone for brain-computer interfaces has been achieved. A new peer-reviewed neuroscience study led by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) demonstrates a ...
In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column for The New ...