Are the competing technologies of the computers future ALL based on organics?
At the Max Planc Institute, amongst a number of institutions exploring the field, neural cells have been successfully cultured on oxidized silicon substrates coated with a thin layer of collagen. Electronic circuitry built with standard semiconductor industry methodologies, located under the cell monolayers, has been able to detect the action potential pulses exchanged by the neural cells. Some of the ultimate aims of such achievements are to find a way to interface the human (and other species) nervous system directly with electronic techology, to augment the senses, to permit more direct and complete communications (imagine seeing through others’ eyes), to support new control technologies (now there is a pregnant doubles entendre), and to replace missing or damaged senses and abilities.
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