Rosemary Johnson was a promising violinist and member of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra when she was involved in a devastating car crash 27 years ago. The accident left her in a coma for seven months, and the resulting brain damage has robbed her of most of her ability to talk and move.
But thanks to new software that reads people’s brain waves, Johnson has been able to compose music for the first time since 1988, and has had the chance to have it played to her in real time by a professional string quartet.
“It was really very moving,” Eduardo Miranda from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research at Plymouth University in the UK, told The Telegraph.
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Scientists Get Their First Glimpse At How New Memories Are Born
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Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2016 The Chinese military is undergoing a gradual shift to cyber and space warfare, and the move is more visible now as a new command structure has been created. After testing an anti-satellite weapon last fall, China moved one step forward in its preparations for future warfare, with the emergence of a brand-new Space Force, as reported by Washington Times. In the event of an armed confl Full article
Amazon gives the world a glimpse of the future today, as they unveiled the Prime Air drone, which promises to deliver packages in under 30 minutes.
The Prime Air prototype, which weighs 24 kg (55 pounds), can carry packages of up to 2.2 kg (5 pounds) and is designed to fly under 152 meters (400 feet). It is also equipped with “sense and avoid” technology, which will allow it to dodge obstacles that it may encounter en route to its point of delivery.
Our video illustrates its features, and it takes you through the step-by-step process of how the unmanned aerial device will operate.
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We pulled together the week’s top tech stories, just for you:
1. Formula E is planning the first racing series for driverless cars You read that right: Before every Formula E race, two autonomous vehicles will go head-to-headlights, in a race straight out of every Sci-Fi fan’s wildest dreams. via: @engadget
2. How Technology Will Transform Retirement Someday in the near future, being selfish and obsessed with technology might be qualities that senior citizens praise today’s Millennials for. All around the world, young people are hard at work creating technology that will take care of them when they’re older. via: The Wall Street Journal
3. Who’s going to fly those Amazon delivery drones? The short answer is, probably no one. Which is for the best, really. After all, the real reason we don’t have flying cars is because people are bad drivers. And adding a z axis would be like trying to navigate rush-hour traffic in midair. via: ZDNet
4. Wayfindr Is on a Quest to Optimize Cities for the Visually Impaired After a successful experiment at London’s Pimlico Station and a recently received grant of $1 million from Google.org, this company wants to change the way visually impaired commuters navigate the London Underground. via: @wired
The anthropomorphic bot is a collaboration between robotics lab Android Technics and TsNIIMash, a Russian institute for building machines, according to Sputnik International. Alexander Permyakov, Director-General of Android Technics, told the news agency that these robots will be able to “completely replace human” in certain circumstances.
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