Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip

By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 27 March 2006
11:36 am ET

The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together.

The achievement could one day enable the creation of sophisticated neural prostheses to treat neurological disorders or the development of organic computers that crunch numbers using living neurons.

I found this at: neowin.net
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