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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. It's all good until... by rackhamh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd hate to see what happens when you get a BSOD.