Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Chemical computer that mimics neurons to be created


Computer that mimics neurons... BBC News reports "A promising push toward a novel, biologically-inspired 'chemical computer' has begun as part of an international collaboration. The 'wet computer' incorporates several recently discovered properties of chemical systems that can be hijacked to engineer computing power.

The team's approach mimics some of the actions of neurons in the brain."

GR: it's easy to hold a narrow view of computers as electronic devices; this is a cool example of how computing can go beyond that.

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