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“#The most mind-blowing Neural stories of 2021<\/strong>”
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When it comes to the world of technology<\/a>, there\u2019s no shortage of interesting, insightful, and important stories out there. And our reporters here at Neural have been hard at work all year providing you with the most relevant news<\/a> and analysis from the world of AI.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, you just want to kick back and read some stuff that just blows your mind. That\u2019s why, from time to time, we look outside the box for stories that truly exemplify the wonder and amazement that comes with pursuing the future of technology.<\/p>\n

This collection isn\u2019t meant to describe the biggest, most impactful events in the AI world from 2021. Instead, it\u2019s a sort of \u201ceditor\u2019s choice\u201d of our coolest, slickest, and most wow-inducing pieces. Some of these things are huge (Google\u2018s time crystals!), and some pieces are about small, interesting stuff that was only covered at Neural.<\/p>\n

First things first:<\/strong> We have to talk about those time crystals. You can read the full story here.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Google and Stanford University managed to produce actual time crystals earlier this year in what was absolutely the biggest story of the year for Neural \u2013 and the entire field of technology, in our opinion.<\/p>\n

What are time crystals? It\u2019s a concept that\u2019s difficult to nutshell. As we wrote when the story broke:<\/p>\n

A time crystal is a new phase of matter that, simplified, would be like having a snowflake that constantly cycled back and forth between two different configurations. It\u2019s a seven-pointed lattice one moment and a ten-pointed lattice the next, or whatever.<\/p>\n

What makes time crystals so incredible is that they don\u2019t consume energy to cycle back and forth. This could eventually turn out to be a fundamental component of functioning quantum computers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We called it the single biggest \u201ceureka moment\u201d in the tech world for 2021 at the time and still firmly stand by that assertion.<\/p>\n

But time crystals weren\u2019t the only cool thing to happ<\/a>en last year, not by a long shot.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink implanted a brain computer interface in a primate\u2019s head\u2026 and then taught it to play pong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Per a report from Neural\u2019s Thomas Macaulay:<\/p>\n

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Musk\u2019s Neuralink startup posted a video today of a primate playing Pong with its mind.<\/p>\n

The nine-year-old macaque, called Pager, has a Neuralink implanted in his brain.<\/p>\n

Pager was first trained to play Pong with a joystick in return for a banana smoothie reward.<\/p>\n

As he played, his neural activity was captured by a 1,024 electrode device, called the N1 Link.<\/p>\n

This data was transmitted to a decoder that mapped Pager\u2019s neural patterns to his joystick movements. After a few minutes of calibration, the software could predict Pager\u2019s movements by analyzing his brain activity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Say what you will about the current state of technology, but monkeys playing video game<\/a>s wasn\u2019t on my bingo card for the year. Read more here and here.<\/p>\n