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Artificial neurons implanted into the nervous system

Researchers could model live neurons in a computer program and mimic them with 94% accuracy

03-Dec-2019

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Bionic neurons are built into ultra-low-power microchips that form the basis for devices.

Devices are plugged straight into the nervous system.

Artificial neurons could be the solution to overcome paralysis, restore failing brain circuits.

Received electrical signals from healthy nerve cells are then processed naturally.

Researchers claim they can build bionic neurons based on any real nerve cell found in the nervous system.

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Alain Nogaret

Physicist at University of Bath

Julian Paton

Physiology professor in the University of Auckland

Nature Communications

Journal covering all topics in physics, chemistry, and biology

SpiNNaker machine

'Human brain' supercomputer with 1 million processors switched on

Stephen Furber

Stephen Furber is a ICL Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Manchester

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