RoboSnail
This is very weird, but they're saying it could be the first step toward implanting chips in people's brains that would allow them to control prosthetic limbs. And if you can implant a chip to allow the control of prosthetics, what else will they be able to control? Cars? Computers? Spacecraft? Will the control be one way?
Sorry, I've read too much science fiction. Check this out anyway:
"Syed said in a broader sense, the study shows data can be imparted to the brain through an electronic rather than a biological link."
Sorry, I've read too much science fiction. Check this out anyway:
CALGARY - Canadian and German researchers have grown snail nerve cells on a microchip and showed the cells have memory and can communicate.From later in the article:
- 'calgary scientist grows brain cells on microchip'; cbc online; friday, february 20
"Syed said in a broader sense, the study shows data can be imparted to the brain through an electronic rather than a biological link."