Category Archives: Cool Technology

First cell-based shrimp dumplings launched

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first cell-based meat venture Shiok Meats lifted the lid on its lab-grown shrimp dumplings at the Disruption in Food and Sustainability Summit (DFSS) on Friday (Mar 29). There were just eight dumplings showcased at the summit, but the high-tech dim sum took months and S$5,000 to cook up. Read more at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/siew-mai-goes-high-tech-singapore-s-first-cell-based-shrimp-11393320

Brain-Controlled Hearing Aids Could Cut through Crowd Noise

A prototype detects whom you are listening to and amplifies only that speaker’s voice; a potential solution to the “cocktail party problem” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-controlled-hearing-aids-could-cut-through-crowd-noise/?redirect=1

Synthetic Speech Generated from Brain Recordings

“A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract – an anatomically detailed computer simulation including the lips, jaw, tongue and larynx. The study was conducted in research participants with intact speech, but the technology could one day restore the …

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