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Working Nerve Chip

Posted by timothy on from the unnerving-photo dept.

poetic writes: "Two scientists from Munich have succeeded in creating a nerve chip with silicon and snail nerves. The cells were hindered from growing away from the silicon with a plastic fence. They managed to get a signal to go from silicon through a neural circuit and back to the chip again. Cute, one step closer to a decent uplink! See the abstract at Nature's site."

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  1. Brain Interface by anethema · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've always dreamed of having a computer interface with the breain directly, overriding the senses so as to make a virtual world. Imagine playing a photorealistic quake 3 or unreal tournament with you IN the game, shooting people. Or an RPG where you actually talk to people and gather information. I am 20 years old now, and i doubt i will see TRUE virtual worlds in my lifetime, but i can always dream. I wonder if this 'nerve interfacing' is the first step into doing what i wish. Maybe i should be a biology researcher and help out. (riiight.)

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  2. Dubya's a Yankee... by cirby · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...who keeps a house in Texas.