The download: AI headphone translator and the link between microbes, our behavior and our behavior
This scenario is the inspiration for a new AI headphone system that translates speech of multiple speakers simultaneously, in real time. The system uses the voice characteristics and direction of each speaker to help the wearer of the headphones identify the speakers in a group. Read the full story.
–Rhiannon WilliamsYour gut microbes might encourage criminal behavior
A few years ago, a Belgian man in his 30s drove into a lamppost. Twice. Authorities found his blood alcohol content to be four times higher than the legal limit. The man was arrested three times for drunken driving in a short period of time. He was caught drunk driving three times in a few years. Later, a doctor diagnosed auto-brewery–a rare disorder in which the body produces its own alcohol. The microbes in the man’s system were fermenting carbohydrates to produce ethanol. His case, along several other scientific studies raises an interesting question for microbiology and neuroscience. How much can we blame our microbes for our behavior? Read the full story.–Jessica Hamzelou
