How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it
- Written by Bram Servais, PhD Candidate Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne
A microelectrode array covered with neurons.Bram ServaisAs prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational hardware.
These “biocomputers” are still in their early days. They can play simple...





