living neurons for building a simple biological computer
Posted Sep 12 2008 9:36am
Biological/organic computing has long been the stuffs of science fiction. But as we have all come to see, what is science fiction one day, does become science fact the next.
The scientific journal Physical Review E has just published a paper that highlights some of the new possibilities of using neurons for biological computing.
It may not sound like much, but it is the first step. We won’t have living computers anytime soon as more complex functions must be taught to neurons and cells to even begin to perform the most basic of fencings
Biological/organic computing has long been the stuffs of science fiction. But as we have all come to see, what is science fiction one day, does become science fact the next.
The scientific journal Physical Review E has just published a paper that highlights some of the new possibilities of using neurons for biological computing.
It may not sound like much, but it is the first step. We won’t have living computers anytime soon as more complex functions must be taught to neurons and cells to even begin to perform the most basic of fencings
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