#2313 Synchron / Neuroprosthesis / Walking stick / Wysa
Episode description
Brain-computer interface company Synchron announced it has received an oversubscribed $75 million in Series C funding, bringing total funding to $145 million.
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/brain-computer-interface-company-synchron-raises-75m-and-more-digital-health-fundings
Engineers at CU Boulder are using advances in artificial intelligence to create a new type of walking stick for people who are blind or have low vision.
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/01/19/smart-walking-stick-could-help-visually-impaired-groceries-finding-seat
Researchers from HSE University and Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word to be uttered by a test subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-neural-prosthesis-brain-decode-speech.html
The chatbot, which Wysa co-founder Ramakant Vempati describes as a "friendly" and "empathetic" tool, asks questions like "How are you?".
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/19/1147081115/therapy-by-chatbot-the-promise-and-challenges-in-using-ai-for-mental-health