80,000 mouse brain cells used to build a living computer

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Tens of thousands of surviving encephalon cells person been utilized to physique a elemental machine that tin recognise patterns of airy and electricity. It could yet beryllium utilized successful robotics

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

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16 March 2023

The neuron-based computer

The neuron-based computer

Andrew Dou, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A machine built utilizing tens of thousands of surviving encephalon cells tin recognise elemental patterns of airy and electricity. It could yet beryllium incorporated into a robot that besides uses surviving musculus tissues.

Artificially intelligent algorithms inspired by the encephalon called neural networks person been utilized for everything from chatbots to searching for new laws of physics. Normally, these algorithms tally connected accepted computers, but Andrew Dou astatine the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his colleagues wondered whether they could alternatively usage existent surviving encephalon cells – …

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