Chip with synthetic brain synapses may expand power of mobiles

MIT researchers say chip with thousands of artificial brain synapses that is smaller than a piece of confetti could bring supercomputing capabilities to mobile devices Researchers fit tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on one chip The confetti-sized chip may bring supercomputing to handheld devices It used ‘memory’ to reproduce images according to a … Read more

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfie’ for socially-distant photos

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfies’ tech that stitches together images taken remotely and could enable socially-distant photo shoots The tech would take a group’s selfies and combine them into one image The system could enable socially-distant group selfies  A patent suggests the technology could combine images automatically Images could also be arranged manually by a user  … Read more

Scientists create synthetic red blood cells that are even better than the real thing

Better than the real thing: Scientists create synthetic red blood cells that not only carry oxygen around the body but also administer drugs and detect dangerous toxins Tests in mice revealed they could carry oxygen and squeeze through capillaries But it also showed the ‘cells’ can transport lifesaving drugs and detect toxins Future studies will … Read more