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By 2030, there won’t be language as we know it today. It will be the language of the brain. We are on the brink of a revolution in mind technologies, from the road to the skies, according to a Q&A with Geoffrey Ling, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a member of the Global Future Council on Neurotechnologies and Brain Science.

I joined GE’s computer department in Schenectady, New York, in 1955. My first job was designing circuits for the first computer process controls. The department was just starting. I stayed at the YMCA and visited my family, which was still back in New Jersey, on the weekends.

This week we learned that a group of scientists is getting close to finding the physical seat of consciousness. And we discovered that a pair of paralyzed monkeys used a wireless device to regain the control of their legs and walk again. We also saw a paper about an AI that can surf the web and get better at finding information. We thought we’d give you a head start before it catches up. Here’s this week’s list.

Scientists at Duke University used an MRI scanner to read the minds of 32 human subjects, Department of Energy researchers reported on nanomaterials that could self-assemble into novel computer chips, and the Milky Way is bigger than we thought. Can you feel your brain expanding?

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Physicist Richard Jones explains transferring one's mind to a computer could be possible in a few decades, but that doesn't mean we should. Is this something that's best imagined in science fiction?

Here at GE Reports, we’ve heard about “neural dust,” but we’ve never seen a single mote. Until now. The technology, which may have profound implications for our brains, bodies and who we are as species, is becoming a reality. We also learned that your brain understands physics even if you don’t and that mosquitoes hate the smell of chicken, a discovery potentially opening a new poultry front on malaria and Zika. Proceed with courage.

It’s been an exciting week for brains and biology. Scientists in Oregon have used a combination of software and brain imaging to read the human mind, their colleagues in England developed a “bio-ink” that can be used to 3-D print living tissue, and a neuroscientist in Canada found a way to evoke and erase memories. Welcome to a brave new world. Read on!

Scientists Build A Mind-Reading Machine

Tens of millions of people live with autism and thousands of doctors and scientists study it. But the condition remains shrouded in mystery. “Autism proves to be a sprawling, foggy and inconsistent field,” writes the author David Mitchell, whose son is autistic. “Causes are unknown, though many careers are fueled by educated guesses.”

This week we learned about freshwater snails that could help AI engineers design brains for robots, scientists who are seeking to sequence synthetic human DNA and software that turns computer cameras into eye-tracking devices that can gather information about what content grabs our attention online. Take a look.

Will Snails Get Us Faster To AI?

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