Actor Eric Dane, best known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan on the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy, has died at the age of 53, his family announced on Thursday. Dane had publicly revealed last year that he was battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Read More: Eric Dane speaks […]
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Scientists turn brain signals into speech, giving hope to those who cannot talk
People robbed of the ability to talk due to a stroke or another medical condition may soon have real hope of regaining a voice thanks to technology that harnesses brain activity to produce synthesized speech, researchers said on Wednesday. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, implanted electrodes into the brains of volunteers and […]