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Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chips

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dibs-on-a-datajack dept.

valamaldoran writes "Looks like organic computers aren't too far off. Live Science has an interesting article about fusing brain neurons with silicon chips. From the article: 'The achievement could one day enable the creation of sophisticated neural prostheses to treat neurological disorders or the development of organic computers that crunch numbers using living neurons.'"

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  1. Hmmmm by Symp0sium · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess it won't belong before resistance is futile.

    1. Re:Hmmmm by ag0ny · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess it won't belong after either. ;)

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  2. Big Question Is... by Scarletdown · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will it run Linux? And if so, just imagine a beowulf cluster of these organic computers!

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    1. Re:Big Question Is... by Scarletdown · · Score: 4, Funny

      This could put the Synaptic Package Manager in a whole new light.

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  3. I guess... by Symp0sium · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... this will lead to some kind of brain O/S elitism Having said that I don't think I would be using Microsoft Windows Seizure Edition.

  4. Oh, great, a computer with headaches! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I have a headache due to high CPU usage. would you like to:
    a. Shut down some applications.
    b. Let me sleep for a while and get back to you.
    c. Get me some Aspirin already!"

  5. Mandatory Post by Timberwolf0122 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well I for one welcome our new cyborg overlords.

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  6. Ten things to expect from Microsoft Brains by CFD339 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1.  It will only think Microsoft Thoughts.

    2.  It will only think one thought at a time, unless you buy MS Brain Enterprise Server

    3.  Sometimes, it will stop thinking.  The human will need to be killed and brought back with the paddles.  This will be considered normal.

    4.  Windows software will suddenly make sense.

    5.  All your thoughts will be covered under DRM.  You can share thoughts with up to three other people, but only if you are in a connected wireless area and your thoughts can register their new owners.

    6.  You may live longer, but large parts of your life will be spent watching a blue bar slowly crawl across your field of vision.

    7.  All sex will be done by oblique references.  Nudity will not exist in any form other than pixilated and blurred images.

    8.  There will be Open Source brains -- called "Open Minds" but the people who choose them will be considered insane and untrusted by the rest of the MS Brain using world.  These people will be locked away in insane asylums.

    9.  There will be Apple OS-X brains.  The people who choose this will be seen as misguided flower children, wandering in airports with be smiles and preaching their message of peace and good music.  They will be largely ignored.

    10. There will be <>(@!*@($&&) *  [[<< 0x000000BE or ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY >>]]

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