[extropy-chat] Nerve cells grown on a microchip communicatewiththe brain

[Mike Lorrey]

This story is nothing new. Neurons have been getting grown on chips for
a number of years now.

--- Patrick M Young <patrick at bung.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> My apologies.
> 
> I bought the paper & read it.
> 
> I got the impression that it extends previous work, albeit
> incrementally.
> 
> However, it also demonstrated potentiation of synapses by electronics
> is
> possible. Synaptic modulation. Electronics that learn!
> 
> I may not be completely au fait with this area but that struck me as
> an
> incredibly significant detail.
> 
> I would be proud to have achieved this & be published.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adrian Tymes" <wingcat at pacbell.net>
> To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Nerve cells grown on a microchip
> communicatewiththe brain
> 
> 
> > --- Patrick M Young <patrick at bung.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > This is obviously the Toad of Toad Hall approach to
> > > scientific comment.
> > >
> > > Your winding us up ... right?
> >
> > No, just grumbling about the potential deleterous
> > effects of excessive hype, and labelling this as an
> > example of excessive hype.
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Mike Lorrey
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