Vancouver Police sergeant becomes first Canadian ALS patient to receive Neuralink brain implant

Vancouver Police sergeant becomes first Canadian ALS patient to receive Neuralink brain implant

A Vancouver police sergeant has become the first Canadian ALS patient to receive the Neuralink brain implant, as well as the first to undergo a new neurosurgery technique to insert the device.  The news: On May 20, police sergeant Lee Marten underwent an experimental surgery at the University Health Network’s Toronto Western Hospital, becoming the…

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What If the Work We’re Busy Automating Is Needless?

What If the Work We’re Busy Automating Is Needless?

The problem with durable, low-maintenance, low-operating cost technologies is self-evident: they’re not as profitable as planned obsolescence or extracting monthly fees from owners. Many of the topics I address are met with silence because they question the quasi-religious beliefs that underpin our entire way of life: the belief that Progress is inevitable because technology inevitably drives…

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The Hit List – Invasive weeds

The Hit List – Invasive weeds

Although I’m no green thumb, I do know a little bit about gardening. As a child, I was often tasked with helping Dad plant seeds and pull weeds. My husband is also an avid gardener, so I learned plenty about plants from him, too. (They are both Virgos, by the way.)  I know plenty about…

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A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit

A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit

The United States finds itself at a moment when the gap between power and prudence has rarely been more visible. As American society grapples with structural inflation, deep social fragmentation, a crisis of institutional credibility, and the steady erosion of public trust, renewed talk of military confrontation with Venezuela is once again circulating within Washington’s political and security circles….

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‘It’s kind of the holy grail of what is memory’: Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it

‘It’s kind of the holy grail of what is memory’: Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it

In 2013, MIT neuroscientists Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu Ramirez says we need a wide discussion about the ethics of memory of manipulation to understand the potential risks of misuse before we have the technology. (Image credit: Marina133/Getty Images) HO: In your experiments, you’ve used optogenetics to manipulate memories in mice, but that technique isn’t…

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