Monkeys navigate a virtual forest with thought alone, pushing brain-computer interfaces beyond the lab

As a part of a study testing out a new type of implanted brain-computer interface (BCI), three rhesus monkeys controlled movements in a virtual reality (VR) world using only brain signals. The study, ...
Communications of the ACM

Evaluating General-Purpose AI with Psychometrics

It also plays a key role in understanding how intelligent AI is, preventing the misallocation of resources, and guiding ...
IEEE

Practical Sparse Antenna Arrays with Metagratings for Wide-Angle Beam Scanning

This paper presents the design of a sparse antenna array integrated with a metagrating for wide-angle beam scanning without grating lobes. The proposed design features a supercell configuration ...
Health.com

13 Practical Tips for Navigating Work, Driving, and Daily Tasks With Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)

Brandi Jones has over two decades of experience as a nurse in an acute care setting. Her clinical background includes pediatrics, medical-surgical, and women's health. She also specializes in ...
CoinDesk

Stripe's Bridge sees stablecoin volume quadruple as utility insulates from 'crypto winter'

It may be "crypto winter," but it's a "stablecoin summer" as digital dollar adoption booms, payments giant Stripe said Tuesday in its annual letter. Bridge, the stablecoin orchestration platform ...
NextBigFuture

XAI Grok 4.20 is a Big Improvement Practical coding, Simulations and Real World Agentic Tasks

Elon Musk confirmed to me, Brian Wang, that the current beta model is the ~500B parameter base model. Overall early consensus from testers, it beats or matches frontier models (GPT-5, Claude 4/Opus ...
IEEE

Multi-task Learning Based Broadband Multi-harmonic Signal 2D-DOA Estimation Using Sparse Arrays

Abstract: Two-dimensional direction-of-arrival (2D-DOA) estimation plays a key role in array signal processing by providing accurate azimuth and elevation information. This full spatial awareness is ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Three bills expected to be filed by GOP lawmakers to address KY’s housing needs

Three bills expected to be filed in the Kentucky legislature all aim to increase affordable housing options, the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky said Tuesday. The three bills would include ...
Crypto Briefing

C. Thi Nguyen: Enjoyment in activities shouldn’t be sacrificed for efficiency, the distinction between games and practical tasks is crucial, and social media’s gamification ...

Enjoyment in activities should not be sacrificed for efficiency or higher scores. Games are defined by voluntarily taking on obstacles to create struggle. Not all life activities can be framed as ...
Task & Purpose

Army creates new AI-focused career field for officers

The new 49B area of concentration will get its first cadre of officers who are tasked with integrating AI into logistics, robotics and combat. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jan 2, 2026 1:28 PM EST Add ...
Scientific Research Publishing

An Exploration on Enhancing the Teaching Performance of the Survey Research Methods Course through Practical Training to Undergraduate Students ()

1 School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. 2 College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. The ability ...