Pigs

A mind-reading Neuralink chip in a pig’s brain? Downloadable memories? Telepathy? Watch and judge for yourself • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- August 31, 2020
Video In a late Friday evening reveal, Elon Musk updated the world on his Neuralink brain-to-computer interface startup, with the help of three little piggies. Specifically, his team revealed it has implanted a mind-reading gadget in a live pig’s brain. The porcine test subjects were: a control animal; one who has had the implant in
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Welcome to cultured meat – not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- November 17, 2019
At the second annual Cultured Meat Symposium in San Francisco on Friday, donuts featured prominently on the breakfast menu and lunch involved only plant-based options. Attendees the day before had the opportunity to sample mechanically prepared beef burgers, courtesy of robo-restaurateur Creator, but lab-fabbed meat didn’t make an appearance. Give it about five years –
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Pigs’ emotions could be read by new farming technology 0
- BUSINESS
- August 23, 2019
Farmers could soon get a better understanding of how pigs are feeling thanks to artificial intelligence. The technology, which is in its early stages, scans the animals’ faces to try and identify whether an animal is stressed or happy. Scientists at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory say farmers have a moral obligation to enhance the welfare
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Pigs, luck and why you should avoid medicine, laundry and crying children 0
- BUSINESS
- February 4, 2019
Chinese New Year is nearly here – and with it comes a host of superstitions that will apparently dictate how the next 12 months will play out for each of us. Cleaning clothes, using scissors and sweeping floors are some of the easier omens to sidestep, however parents might find it difficult to dodge crying children and –
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