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Wingdings are Incomprehensible

A brand-new horror just dropped, the CL1 is the first computer with a chip that has neurons from lab grown brains integrated into it. The case has a built-in life support system (of course there are already people who shoehorned ChatGPT on it, because AI nonsense can't be far behind).

Thankfully, the high price point will keep it out of the general consumer market...The dystopia future is coming in hot still.

I honestly dislike this abomination and find it fascinating at the same time; it's also another step in cybernetic enhancement.

Figuring out how to keep brain cells active and healthy outside the body. In the future, what can be learned from this process of keeping brain cells alive outside a person's body could be applied in other situations. Like a person who is mostly chrome, except for the brain and perhaps a few other body parts.

pcworld.com/article/2634911/th

PCWorld · This nightmarish $35K computer is powered by a lab-grown human brainBy Petter Ahrnstedt
#TechNews#Neurons#tech
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Poss. foundations of human intelligence observed for 1st time
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025
cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext

* how neurons in human brain generate memories/establish narratives
* contrary to prev. beliefs individual neurons represent concepts we learn
* regardless of context in which we encounter them
* allows humans, unlike other animals, to est. higher/more abstract relationships
* foundation of human intelligence

ScienceDailyPossible foundations of human intelligence observed for the first timeA study has demonstrated how neurons in the human brain generate memories and establish narratives. Contrary to previous beliefs, individual neurons represent the concepts we learn, regardless of the context in which we encounter them. This allows humans, unlike other animals, to establish higher and more abstract relationships, which lays the foundation of human intelligence.
#intelligence#HumanIntelligence#neuroscience
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Frogfish reveals how it evolved the “fishing rod” on its head
Frogfish belong to the #anglerfish family known as Antennariidae. Like their anglerfish cousins who lurk in the #ocean’s depths, these ambush predators attract their next meal via an appendage on their heads that they use like a fishing lure. Specialized #neurons have evolved to make the "bait" wiggle like #prey.
arstechnica.com/science/2024/1

Ars Technica · Frogfish reveals how it evolved the “fishing rod” on its headBy Elizabeth Rayne
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swachter

I just finished this up today and I'm *delighted* by how it turned out. I added a tasteful number of aurora rhinestone rivets to the flap to represent neuron signaling (also because my aesthetic sense has not evolved even a tiny bit since I was an Irish dance-obsessed middle schooler). Rainbow hardware (because of course) and pockets galore inside and out.

I'll have this bad girl for sale this Sunday at the Somerville Flea at the Armory or online at rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.c

Surface pattern design by Sumana Mahata (spoonflower.com/profiles/hodge) / bag design by me.

A royal blue messenger bag with cream-colored cotton straps and lavender plastic buckles is in the foreground, with out of focus library shelves in the background. The bag is printed with a very bright pattern of neurons in various highlighter-type colors (orange, bright green, pink, purple, blue). There is a zippered pocket running between the two satchel straps with a hot pink zipper. An exterior side pocket in the same neuron fabric is on both sides. There is a stack of three neurology-related library books in front of the bag.
A view of the back of the bag, showing the neuron fabric creating a deep rear pocket. A library book is in the pocket.
A photograph of the under-flap area, showing a deep cargo pocket that closes with a royal blue flap and hot pink snap, with the body of the pocket in the same neuron fabric. There is also a deep slip pocket in royal blue canvas with several slots for pens and similar. A maker's label in the top right corner of the pocket reads "Sarah Wachter Designs / Handmade in Somerville."
A photograph of the inside of the bag, showing four deep cargo pockets in pale grey-khaki canvas, all closing with a flap and hot pink plastic snap.
#sewing#handmade#handmadebags
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The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑

 
Consciousness Might Hide in Our #Brain’s Electric Fields

A mysterious #electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of #neurons in our brain to explain our awareness.

❛❛ “ephaptic” field effects may really be the primary mechanism for consciousness and cognition. ❜❜

🔗 scientificamerican.com/article 2024 Nov 08
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_co #ephatic
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousne #consciousness

Scientific AmericanConsciousness Might Hide in Our Brain’s Electric FieldsA mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brain to explain our awareness
#Community#TimeTravel#Research
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Cosmic Librarian

When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.
Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise can also have benefits at the level of individual neurons. They observed that when muscles contract during exercise, they release a soup of biochemical signals called myokines. In the presence of these muscle-generated signals, neurons grew four times farther compared to neurons that were not exposed to myokines. These cellular-level experiments suggest that exercise can have a significant biochemical effect on nerve growth.

#exercise #neuroscience #health #Medicine #neurons

news.mit.edu/2024/when-muscles

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWhen muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study showsBy Jennifer Chu | MIT News
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