Two Pieces of Good News: AI Bringing Speech for the Paralyzed Closer, And Dawn at the Grand Canyon

The Guardian – August 23, 2023 Paralysed woman able to ‘speak’ through digital avatar in world first By Hannah Devlin Latest technology uses tiny electrodes on brain surface and is faster than synthesisers which rely on eye tracking A severely paralysed woman has been able to speak through an avatar using technology that translated her … Continue reading Two Pieces of Good News: AI Bringing Speech for the Paralyzed Closer, And Dawn at the Grand Canyon →

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A Response to a Comment: Who Is this Quaker named “Wlliam Leddra”?

In a  June blog post here about virulent persecution of LGBTQ folk in Uganda based on a draconian new “kill the gays” law, a correspondent known to us as “William Leddra” issued a call to Quakers, who have two yearly meetings in Uganda, and affiliations with Friends United Meeting [aka FUM] based in Richmond, Indiana, … Continue reading A Response to a Comment: Who Is this Quaker named “Wlliam Leddra”? →

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This Israeli Journalist Long Rejected “Apartheid” Claims About Israel. Not Anymore.

I have long rejected claims that Israel is an apartheid state. Now I believe that is where it is heading Benjamin Pogrund The Guardian — Sat 19 Aug 2023  I grew up in South Africa, and vigorously refuted parallels with Israel. But in the Netanyahu era, the charge is becoming fact? Israel 2023, South Africa … Continue reading This Israeli Journalist Long Rejected “Apartheid” Claims About Israel. Not Anymore. →

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