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Nerve Cells Successfully Grown on Silicon

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the singing-the-body-electric dept.

crabpeople writes "Researchers at the University of Calgary have found that nerve cells grown on a microchip can learn and memorize information which can be communicated to the brain. 'We discovered that when we used the chip to stimulate the neurons, their synaptic strength was enhanced,' said Naweed Syed, a neurobiologist at the University of Calgary's faculty of medicine."

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  1. Re:not much to say on this, other than by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would like to know just how the FUCK that is off-topic. It doesnt have much to say. It may be "overrated", but it is _NOT_ fucking "off-topic". Those were my thoughts on the matter, and it is not your job as a moderator to mod-down something because you have a different opinion.

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    -- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
  2. Re:Kinda cool: Neurons vs. Transistors by hesiod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >And would my 60 year old barber still cut my hair if I have a huge hunk of metal

    Naw, by the time that chunk of metal gets there we will be outsourcing hairstyling/barbering (anything like barbarism?) to China.