Wow! Scientists Make Computer Chips Which Function as Neurons.

[jimcaster]

"Artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave just like the real thing have been invented by scientists – a first-of-its-kind achievement with enormous scope for medical devices to cure chronic diseases, such as heart failure, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases of neuronal degeneration.

Designing artificial neurons that respond to electrical signals from the nervous system like real neurons has been a major goal in medicine for decades, as it opens up the possibility of curing conditions where neurons are not working properly, have had their processes severed as in spinal cord injury, or have died. Artificial neurons could repair diseased bio-circuits by replicating their healthy function and responding adequately to biological feedback to restore bodily function."

neurosciencenews.com/artifi...

[LAJ12345]

Gosh that artificial neuron sure looks big! Wouldn’t fit too many of those into the brain!

[jimcaster in reply to LAJ12345]

Maybe one chip does the work of hundreds of thousands of neurons...?

[LAJ12345 in reply to jimcaster]

You’d hope so! Sounds promising though.

[MBAnderson in reply to LAJ12345]

Ha