http://www.metafilter.com/tags/neuro-chip Posts tagged with 'neuro-chip' at MetaFilter. Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:52:06 -0800 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:52:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/50460/singularity%2Dgets%2Djust%2Dslightly%2Dcloser Italian &amp; German researchers have created a "neuro-chip" for linking computers with mammalian neurons (A <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8902-chip-ramps-up-neurontocomputer-communication.html">NewScientist</a>, <a href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060327_neuro_chips.html">LiveScience</a>, <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12037941/">MSN</a>). They added neuron gluing proteins to the chip to attract the sodium pores, and genetically modified the neurons to add more sodium pores.<br><br> In the short term, the work is expected to aid the pharmaceutical industry in testing the effects of drugs on neurons, assist basic research into the workings of the brain, and perhaps help treat neurological disorders. In the long term, numerous sci-fi technologies are slightly closers, such as computers with living components, useful brain implants, and Beowulf clusters of humans. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50460 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:52:06 -0800 brain implants neuro-chip neurons research singularity jeffburdges