Michael Hunger, a Neo4j team member, has been working on improving the performance of Neo4j's REST interface by implementing streaming capabilities. Streaming allows for faster data transfer and retrieval of results, reducing latency and increasing performance. The new feature enables clients to receive data in chunks, rather than all at once, which can improve resource utilization and prevent connection hogs. Andreas Abel, a user, tested the feature with a sample dataset and observed significant improvements in streaming compared to non-streaming, with transfer rates of 8-15 MB/s and response times of 10 seconds versus 1 minute and 8 seconds. The new feature is already available in Neo4j's SNAPSHOT version and is expected to be included in the first 1.8 milestone release.