LEGO – Imagine by Jung von Matt
Although not entirely original here are a few awesome Lego builds from Jung von Matt. You might be surprised how many of these references to TV shows, movies, bands and other pop-culture touchstones you’ll More...
Trans fats make you dumber
A recent study claims that a fatty diet containing lots of processed foods has a detrimental effect on, not only on the body, but on the brain as well. The study confirms this fact stating that “people who had More...
Cyber Rats
Scientists in Israel have just installed a cybernetic brain into a rat. This was all done externally and the rat’s cerebellum was not harmed, only disabled through the use of electrodes. The “brain” More...
Brain Mimicking Chip
In the public unveiling of “Phase One” of a DARPA project, IBM debuted a prototype neural networking chip, known as SyNAPSE. This chip mimics the human mind by distributing processing across an array More...
The Internet as an Extension of Our Brain
According to a study done by Science Magazine reliable and constant access to online information is affecting how we use our memory. Instead of remembering facts ourselves we remember where we can find those facts. This More...
Brain Stuff from IARPA
When DARPA teams up with the CIA you better believe they’re in for some serious SciFi. As apparently they are. IARPA (CIA’s DARPA) has hired BBN the company which built the first ever internet nodes More...
The Matrix Reality
It seems the sci-fi industry has done it again. Predictions made in novels like Johnny Mnemonic and Neuromancer back in the 1980s of neural implants linking our brains to machines have become a reality. Back then More...
Brain Sand Sculpture
Not sure what to think of this. I love sand sculptures, but this gives me an eery feeling nevertheless. Perhaps it’s the lifting of the skull and the immediate death of the ‘patient’ shortly after, More...
Lilliputian Computers for Your Brain
In 2021, the whole world is connected by the gigantic Internet, and almost a half of the population is suffering from the Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS) — an upgraded ADHD that is. Hero Johnny with an implanted More...
Mimicking the Brain with Flickr
Digital installations that claim to mimic the ineffable processes of our minds usually do nothing of the sort, but Matthias Dörfelt‘s “Selective Memory Theatre” is subtler than most. To him, the More...
Barcode Faces
Our faces contain ‘barcodes’ of information which help us recognise people and may have implications for improving face recognition software, according to a study co-authored by Dr Steven Dakin of the UCL Institute More...