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Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all

As advanced medical technology gets closer to hitting consumer markets, the need for guardrails on protected usage should increase. What might begin as a neural implant to aid in communication could become a device used to police one’s innermost thoughts.

Intrigued by the far-reaching benefits and risks of neural implants, Rachel Sava, a PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, explores how a life-changing medical device can become a tool for surveillance by corporations and government entities in her winning submission, “Superintelligence, Superintimate,” for the fourth annual Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize.

Sava’s concept was inspired by an internship at IBM, where she worked on a project with the PACE Center in London. “A mentor on the project was Kevin Brown, who had himself designed one of the earliest brain decoders — an EEG-based system he built for a colleague who had...

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Lights Out in Chicago Suburbs - Connected World

Twice this year, my home has gone dark in the middle of what used to be ordinary summer thunderstorms. Quite frankly, I am over it. Our nation’s infrastructure should be strong enough to withstand your typical Midwest thunderstorms. This isn’t the first time I have written about storms

MCP (Model Context Protocol) for Infrastructure - Connected World

Even the most sophisticated AI (artificial intelligence) models are constrained by data trapped in information silos and legacy systems. The challenge is every new data source requires its own custom implementation, making connected systems difficult to scale, which is something that could slow building the next-gen infrastructure projects we so

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Madlad builds homebrew GPU using 8,192 RISC-V chips

The next version will have 32,000 MCUs If you can't afford a graphics card these days, here's an alternative solution. Just order thousands of microcontrollers, design your own boards, and build your own cluster over the course of six months after dealing with a healthy

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Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companies

AI and ML AI's impact on tech business is complicated If you listen to the AI industry, coders' days are numbered. Despite these concerns, software developers, at least those with experience, appear to be doing just fine at growing companies. Hiring biz Levels.fyi recently looked at

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Lights Out in Chicago Suburbs - Connected World

MCP (Model Context Protocol) for Infrastructure - Connected World

Madlad builds homebrew GPU using 8,192 RISC-V chips

Software engineers can still rake in big bucks by working for fast-growing companies