The power of togetherness: Sharing knowledge, and a meal
by Cameron Pugh
Oct 05, 2023
3 minutes
1. United States
Scientists synthesized speech and facial expressions from brain signals for the first time, creating a speaking avatar for a woman with paralysis. The brain-computer interface enabled Ann Johnson to communicate five times faster than her current device allows.
On the surface of Mrs. Johnson’s brain, the team placed a thin rectangle of 253 electrodes, which interpreted electrical impulses that usually would go to the larynx, face, tongue, and jaw. While her attempts at speech do not result in sound, Mrs. Johnson’s weeks of repeating a small vocabulary taught the artificial intelligence deep-learning models
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