{
  "id": 15847471,
  "title": "China builds the world’s smallest wearable brain monitor with a cortex-wide view",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/china-builds-the-worlds-smallest-wearable-brain-monitor-with-a-cortex-15847471",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T04:00:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371534/china-builds-worlds-smallest-wearable-brain-monitor-cortex-wide-view"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese scientists have developed what they say is the world’s smallest wearable mini brain monitor that can track the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time. Weighing in at one gram (0.35 oz), the wireless “Airscope” is the lightest device of its kind and enables researchers to track a wider range of brain activity in untethered laboratory animals. The device was jointly developed by…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}