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Hardware Implants Mimic Brain Cells

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the memory-upgrade dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PopSci is reporting that Ted Berger, a USC scientist, has been working to engineer a brain implant the mimics the functions of neurons. Early tests on rat brain cells have shown promise, and if successful, Berger's implant could remedy everything from Alzheimer's to absent-mindedness — and reduce memory loss to nothing more than a computer glitch"

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  1. Time to recycle the MS-Borg icon by davidwr · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Methinks it's high time to make a generic borg icon for cyborg-tech stories.

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  2. Re:Raises some interesting questions by Tipa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's that old thought experiment -- if you have an axe and you get a new head for it and then later replace the handle, is it the same axe?