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Zuckerman Institute in the News

Columbia's Zuckerman Institute is regularly featured in influential news outlets around the world. We invite you to browse a selection of recent news coverage below.

Above: Zuckerman Institute Principal Investigator Rudy Behnia, PhD, being interviewed on camera.

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Tools & Technology July 17, 2019

Seeing the "Sixth Sense"

A study led by Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, and Wesley Grueber, PhD, reveals that the imaging of body-sensing neurons required both new techniques and new technology.

Smart Hearing Aids Can Pick Out a Voice in Crowded Rooms

Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his team have developed a hearing aid that monitors its user’s brainwaves to lock on to a conversation.

Scientists Create Mind-controlled Hearing Aid

Development from the lab of Nima Mesgarani, PhD, could transform ability of hearing-impaired to cope with noisy environments.

Hearing Aids That Read Your Brain Will Know Who You Want to Hear

Developed by Nima Mesgarani, PhD, this potentially transformative new system can work out who you want to listen to and amplify that voice.

Experimental Brain-controlled Hearing Aid Can Pick Out Voices in a Crowd

Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his colleagues demonstrate a new type of hearing-aid technology inspired by the human brain.

Tools & Technology February 1, 2019

We're Getting Closer to Turning People’s Thoughts into Speech

Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his colleagues have shown that it might be possible to translate someone’s inner thoughts into speech.

Tools & Technology January 30, 2019

Scientists Train AI to Turn Brain Signals Into Speech

Researchers are using an algorithm to translate brain waves into intelligible spoken words.

Tools & Technology January 29, 2019

Scientists Create Artificial Intelligence to Turn Thoughts into Words

New technology developed by Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his team is able to turn thoughts into words by analyzing brain signals.

Tools & Technology January 29, 2019

Researchers Take Step Closer to Creating Tech That Can Read Minds

Nima Mesgarani, PhD, and his team constructed clear synthetic speech by processing human brain activity.

Tools & Technology January 29, 2019

Turning Thoughts into Speech

For the first time, neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognisable speech