Toward Optogenetic Hearing Restoration

The cochlear implant (CI) is considered the most successful neuroprosthesis as it enables speech comprehension in the majority of the million otherwise deaf patients. In hearing by electrical...

Fabrication and Characterization of PDMS Waveguides for Flexible Optrodes - PubMed

With the growth of optogenetic research, the demand for optical probes tailored to specific applications is ever rising. Specifically, for applications like the coiled cochlea of the inner ear, where...

Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Gene therapy and optoelectronics could radically upgrade hearing for millions of people

It’s Not About the Hands: Identifying AI Art

Identifying AI art should be an exercise in research skills, not finding “tells.”

Michigan Supreme Court: No-fault auto insurance changes don’t impact prior services • Michigan...

Changes to Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance law do not apply to individuals injured before the changes were issued, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Monday.  When the Michigan Legislature...

ACP Funding Runs Dry: FCC Winds Down Subsidy, Options for Impacted Users

In April 2024, subscribers will stop receiving the $30 monthly discount on home internet.

Midjourney Magic

Welcome to Synth Visuals, where we explore Midjourney. Our goal is to amplify your creativity and save you time.

British Heart Foundation

It’s Time to Re-Design How We Think

Over the last 50 years, a new way of thinking has been growing in popularity. Centered around essential human capacities — empathy…

Does it pay to be kind to strangers?

Generous people are happier and healthier, yet acts of kindness are often met with suspicion and scorn. Why? David Robson talks to a psychologist who set out to find the answer.

What Microsoft gets from betting billions on the maker of ChatGPT

The reported $10 billion investment in OpenAI will keep the hottest AI company on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.