The number of people with electrodes in their brains is believed to have more than doubled in the last couple of years. This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first ...

Hosted, written, and reported by Maurice Chammah and Alvin Melathe Produced by Alvin Melathe Edited by Jen Guerra and Anita Badejo Original music by Adam Dorn aka Mocean WorkerMatthias Bossi and Jon ...

In this parody of the true crime genre, a mother with murderous tendencies reflects on the hard work and thankless sacrifices that go into parenting. By Dina Gachman When Mother’s Day rolls around, ...

A hard drive stores your data, such as files, apps, the operating system, and more of your device. What makes this product unique is that the information continues to be stored inside of it even if ...

Modern embedded systems are becoming increasingly compact, power efficient, and feature rich. As SoCs integrate more functionality, developers need reliable debug access without increasing pin count ...

Multiple reports suggest that live sports viewing has declined for certain sports, especially among Gen Z. To solve this, leagues and broadcasters are trying to make sports more engaging for fans with ...

A research team has successfully developed a next-generation coil interface capable of efficiently and safely stimulating peripheral nerves. This breakthrough is significant in that it greatly ...

Technology has long promised to bring people closer together, yet so much of our digital life is flattened into a single pane of glass. Screens dominate our work, communication and entertainment. They ...

Overview Among the powerful new features in Python 3.14 is a new interface for attaching a live debugger to a running Python program. You can inspect the state of a Python app, make changes, ...

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...

Your peripheral nervous system (PNS) is crucial to navigating daily life. It lets you walk, controls your eye movements, and rings your brain’s alarms when you step on a Lego brick. Yet researchers ...