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Speech Reconstruction, Weighted Blankets, Space Radio Burst


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Today, you’ll learn about how people who have lost the power of speech could get their voices back through AI, the cool truth about the weighted blanket fad, and an 8-billion-year-old blast from outer space.  

 

Speech Reconstruction 

 

  • “Neural Networks Help Reconstruct Speech From Brain Activity.” Technology Networks. 2023.  
  • “How Intel Gave Stephen Hawking a Voice.” by Joao Medeiros. 2015.  
  • “Distributed feedforward and feedback cortical processing supports human speech production.” by Ran Wang, et al. 2023. 

 

Weighted Blankets 

 

  • “Weighted blankets improve sleep in children with ADHD, study shows.” by Stacey Coleen Lubag. 2023.  
  • “The Problem With This Year’s Most Comfortable Holiday Fad.” by Ashley Fetters. 2018.  
  • “The Origin Of Weighted Blankets - How Did It All Start? A History Lesson.” by Larry. 2023.  
  • “The efficacy of weighted blankets for sleep in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—A randomized controlled crossover trial.” by Maria Lonn, et al. 2023.  

 

Space Radio Burst 

 

  • “A radio burst traveled 8 billion years to reach Earth. It’s the farthest ever detected.” by Eric Lagatta. 2023.  
  • “A luminous fast radio burst that probes the Universe at redshift 1.” by S.D. Ryder, et al. 2023.  
  • “Record-breaking fast radio burst offers path to weigh the Universe.” EurekAlert! 2023.  

 

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