Monthly Archives: July, 2013

Memory implantation is now officially real

Memory implantation is now officially real

Memory implantation is now officially real

The movie Inception is getting closer to reality. By planting false memories into the minds of mice, neuroscientists at MIT have created the first artificially implanted memories. And they’ve brought us closer to understanding the fallibility of human recollection.

When we experience something, say a trip to the park, a memory of the event is stored in a constellation of interconnected neurons in our brains called an “engram,” or memory trace. When you recall that trip to the park, neurons in the engram become active. Reactivate those neurons artificially, the theory goes, and you can bring the memory bubbling to the surface of someone’s psyche.

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Management, engineering and ethics

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Be who you are and say what you feel

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind

Dr. Seuss

Balancing Shapes for 3D Fabrication

Transient electronics disappear to save the environment

They are called ‘transient electronics.’ Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are studying how to make devices, like cellphones, disappear or dissolve so they don’t pose a threat to the environment. (July 16)