The U-M team of Shuaifeng Li and Xiaoming Mao devised an algorithm that provides a mathematical framework for how learning works in lattices called mechanical neural networks. "We're seeing that ...

Short video (73 seconds) of a mechanical neural network learning to adjust its rigidity in response to applied forces. Photo of a mechanical neural network Photo of a mechanical neural network ...

Caption Photo of a mechanical neural network (MNN). Currently, the system is about the size of a microwave oven, but the researchers plan to simplify the MNN design so that thousands of the ...

A smaller, lighter and more energy-efficient computer, demonstrated at the University of Michigan, could help save weight and ...

It was the shot heard 'round the world - a neural network that finally fulfilled decades of theoretical promise.

Both, human brain and modern artificial neural networks are extremely powerful. At the lowest level, the neurons work ...