Hardware Podcasts

110. The Future of Neurology: Neural Interfaces Countering Neural Diseases

The Next Byte Podcast · 21 Feb 2023 · 23m

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Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss NeuralTree, a neurochip developed by researchers at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) designed to detect and counter neural disorders like epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. The chip features 256 input channels, an area of 3.5 square millimeters, and an energy-aware machine learning algorithm that allows it to operate efficiently on the edge without cloud dependency. The hosts highlight the device's ability to distinguish between healthy and irregular neural impulses, its potential for self-evolving algorithms to adapt to changing brain signals, and its broader implications for neurological research and treatment.

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