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fushigi · May 30, 2007, 10:52 pm

Sweet. Building artificial memory chips. We're getting closer to artificial intelligence every day.

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A new experiment has shown that it's possible to store multiple rudimentary memories in an artificial culture of live neurons. The ability to record information in a manmade network of neurons is a step toward a cyborg-like integration of living material into memory chips. The advance also may help neurologists to understand how our brains learn and store information.

Itay Baruchi and Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel-Aviv University used an array of electrodes to monitor the firing patterns in a network of linked neurons. As previous studies have shown, simply linking the neurons together leads them to spontaneously fire in coordinated patterns. In the study published this month in the journal Physical Review E the researchers found that they could deliberately create additional firing patterns that coexist with the spontaneous patterns. They claim that these new firing patterns essentially represent simple memories stored in the neuron network.

DEEJ85 · May 31, 2007, 10:49 am

This reminds me a lot about Star Trek. In the Starship Voyager, they use what are known as Bio-neural gelpacks as a means to transmit information around the ship. This biological substance transfer information at a higher rate then its technological counterpart, allowing for faster maneuvering.

How will biological circuitry change how we use computers?

Crimsonking · Jul 6, 2007, 01:46 pm

As of now, the brain is much more complex than any machine, and works much faster. Simply, have you ever felt your body lag, like a computer often does. This could (as the title states) lead to Terminator style neural processors for machines, effectively enabling cyborgs, or even more complex computers.

I think this is a tiny step, and there needs to be many more years of more research for anything to ever come to fruition.

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DEEJ85 Igneous Magma Posts: 261	This reminds me a lot about Star Trek. In the Starship Voyager, they use what are known as Bio-neural gelpacks as a means to transmit information around the ship. This biological substance transfer information at a higher rate then its technological counterpart, allowing for faster maneuvering. How will biological circuitry change how we use computers? Beware of Logical Fallacies. See a list of them in the link below. http://home.mcn.net/~montanabw/fallacies.html

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Crimsonking Molten Ash Posts: 47	As of now, the brain is much more complex than any machine, and works much faster. Simply, have you ever felt your body lag, like a computer often does. This could (as the title states) lead to Terminator style neural processors for machines, effectively enabling cyborgs, or even more complex computers. I think this is a tiny step, and there needs to be many more years of more research for anything to ever come to fruition.