Friday, November 26, 2010

The brain speaks: Scientists Decode Words from Brain Signals

In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.

Click here to read the full report

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Australia tries to halt loss of Aboriginal languages

A recent article about language loss, language revival, and language maintenance, and bilingual schooling, in Australia.

Click here to read about Australia's attempts to save our Indigenous languages...