Computer Chip Harnesses Real Brain Cells

Mar-21-16 A computer chip made using real brain cells may soon find its way into its first application—a drone able to ‘smell’ explosives.

Created by neuroscientist Osh Agabi and his startup up, Koniku, the prototype 64-neuron silicon chip is powered by neurons created using stem cell technology. Each neuron is enclosed in a shell (which controls its temperature and pH levels), and connected to an electrode that controls the information sent to the neuron. A coating of DNA and protein triggers he neurons to form a junction with the electrodes.

Agabi and his team hope to use the prototype 64-neuron chip to power drones able to detect and identify smells, including bombs, farmlands and manufacturing plants.

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