How Did We Get Here?

I believe that the final goal of digital advancements is to create an animatronic version of the human brain. This model would be impervious to environmental distractions, cognitive bias or limitations, and would not be bound by computing power like the human brain....

Patent no. 24,850

Transistors are the most important aspect of modern technology. As the number of transistors increases, so does the computing power. Knowing this, you may be surprised to learn that electronics didn’t always rely on the transistor. The birth of modern electronics came...

Knock Knock, Anybody Home?

Are humans the only living things on this planet with what we call consciousness? That would be pretty lonely. It’s a question that religions, philosophers, and lowly Roger Williams students have pondered for as long as they have been on Earth. It was the great...

Why Do I Keep Zoning Out?

“We spend so much of our daily lives engaged in things that are completely unrelated to what’s in front of us” – Aaron Kucyi Why do we zone out? I hoped the answers would be simple and uniform; unfortunately, that’s not how neuroscience and...