August 28, 2001

9:22 PM

Brain Cells Used To Make Working Semiconductor "This is the first direct functional interfacing of a living neuronal network with an electronic semiconductor chip," said co-author Dr. Peter Fromherz of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, in an interview with Reuters Health. "It is a further step on our road to combine the elements of brains and computers," he added.
posted by Alwin (2 comments total)

Coming up next...AOL delivered directly to your cerebral cortex!
posted by tpoh.org at 9:53 PM on August 28, 2001

Are they sure that there are enough brain cells left in the world for this thing to work?
posted by Down10 at 8:35 PM on August 29, 2001