November 4, 2014
MIT Neurotech: Tapping into Neurons with Autopatching
Whether you're walking, talking or contemplating the universe, a minimum of tens of billions of synapses are firing at any given second within your brain.
Stories by Amy Robinson
Amy Robinson is the Creative Director of EyeWire, a game to map the brain from MIT and Princeton. EyeWire is played by 150,000 people worldwide. Together, gamers are helping us decipher the mysteries of how we see. Amy is a long time TEDster and founded the TEDx Music Project, a collection of the best live music from TEDx events around the world.
October 18, 2014
MIT Neurotech: Mapping the Brain with Connectomics
We can make movies using atoms as characters, grow organs and even skydive from space, yet when it comes to understanding the finer details of the 1.3 kilogram organ behind each person's eyes - the brain - we're mostly in the dark.
October 9, 2014
MIT Neurotech: Microfluidics Opens a Window Into Unseen Worlds
A 14-foot aluminum alloy robot hurdles through the black of space at 13,000 miles per hour. For 350 million miles, its load of scientific instruments built t0 detect X-rays and analyze minerals sits isolated, periodically pinging the craft's home planet.
October 2, 2014
MIT Neurotech: From Signals to Behavior
You're sitting outside posting pics of a beautiful day to Facebook when the smell hits you. A spicy, cheesy, carne asada-ey deliciousness that can only mean one thing: a burrito truck is near.
September 25, 2014
Journey Through the Brain: Multiphoton Microscopy
It's a Saturday and you're on vacation, looking out over the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean from the windy cliffs of Big Sur. You breathe in cool, fresh salty air.
Mind & BrainSeptember 18, 2014
Journey Through the Brain: MIT Neurotech
Editor's note: This is the first installment in a series about emerging neurotechnologies. Join a pilot class of 12 PhD students at MIT as we explore how neuroscience is revolutionizing our understanding of the brain.