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⚡️ New brain implant breakthrough controls OCD
PLUS: Silkworms + spiders = supermaterial?
Rowan Cheung
November 01, 2023
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Doctors programmed a first-of-its-kind personalized brain implant that detects and disrupts neural patterns driving a patient's OCD.
Is this a glimpse into a customizable neurological future? Let’s dig in..
In today’s tech rundown:
Personalized brain implant controls woman's OCD
Genetically engineered silkworms spin supermaterial
10 new products
7 quick stories
Read time: 3 minutes
TODAY’S HEADLINES
MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
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The Rundown: Doctors just programmed a responsive brain implant to detect and disrupt neural activity linked to an OCD patient's compulsions, significantly improving symptoms.
Key points:
The implant delivers brief jolts when it senses the unique brain patterns preceding obsessive urges.
Over months, the woman's OCD routines were reduced from 8 hours to 30 minutes per day as her brain adapted.
It also successfully controlled her epilepsy, treating two conditions with one device.
Researchers say it's the first time responsive deep brain stimulation has been used for OCD.
Our thoughts: The neuroscience advances currently being made could bring a world of change to patients suffering from neurological issues — and completely revolutionize how we treat and manage these conditions.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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The Rundown: Chinese researchers just created silkworms that produce a silk stronger than Kevlar and tougher than any other synthetic fiber — by inserting genes from spiders.
Key points:
Spider silk boasts an unparalleled combination of high tensile strength and toughness — but they can't be farmed at scale.
Silkworms are easily cultivated, but their silk is fragile. The team added spider silk proteins to the silkworm genome using gene editing.
This breakthrough could enable large-scale production of this new supermaterial.
The relevance: Silkworms with spider powers exemplify the endless inspiration biology provides. As gene editing improves, more natural marvels will be within human grasp.
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SNIPPETS
Google plans to release RISC-V developer tools for Android in 2024 and is laying the groundwork for the new CPU architecture's integration with Android.
ESA deems cultivated meat promising for long-term space missions' self-sufficiency and nutrition.
DoorDash has added a pop-up warning in its app that orders without tips may take longer to be delivered.
Microsoft has started rolling out its Windows 11 2023 update, making the Copilot AI feature more widely available and integrating Microsoft Teams into the taskbar.
Tesla wins court case, with a jury finding that a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash was caused by human error, not a defective product.
Multiverse Computing receives funding to use quantum technology for more accurate and efficient flood prediction models.
Olive AI, once a $4 billion healthcare automation startup, has sold its business units to Waystar and Humata Health and is winding down operations.
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