by Warp Institute | Aug 19, 2021 | ❤️ Health Tech, 📈 Human Progress
Brain-computer interfaces, i.e., chips implanted in the brain that interprets neuron signals, are based on technology in its infancy. The problem is partly due to scientists not fully understanding how the brain works yet. Another challenge is to create interfaces...
by Warp Institute | Aug 12, 2021 | ❤️ Health Tech
In many cases, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT, is an effective method of treating, among other things, depression. In recent years and especially during the pandemic, many have received CBT treatment online. A large international meta-study where 76 other studies...
by Warp Institute | Jul 30, 2021 | ❤️ Health Tech, 📈 Human Progress, 🛰 Space
Mosquitoes are excellent carriers of viruses, and along with poor hygienic conditions, the root cause of many human and animal deaths. Between 2004 and 2006, there was an outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the Indian Ocean region caused by unusually hot and dry...
by Warp Institute | Jul 29, 2021 | ❤️ Health Tech, 📈 Human Progress
A type of rice designed to boost A-vitamin under the name of "Golden Rice" has been approved for cultivation by the Department of Agriculture-Philippines Research Center for Rice (DA-PhilRice). The decision makes Golden Rice the first nutrient-enriched...
by Warp Institute | Jul 29, 2021 | ❤️ Health Tech, Elon Musk, 📈 Human Progress, 🧠 Artificial Intelligence
Synchron, a rival to Elon Musk's Neuralink, has made their own version of an "implantable brain-computer interface," and it just got the green light by the Food and Drug Administration in the US to be implanted in humans. Neuralink has not yet reached...
