Thursday, May 28, 2009

Nanoneural Upgrade Creates Something Half Brain, Half Ultra-Tech

Nanoneural Upgrade Creates Something Half Brain, Half Ultra-Tech:

"The work clamps a bunch of hippocampus cells to a fullerene nanotube. Trials have shown that the brain cells grow very effectively on the nanomaterial, indicating that this junction could be a biocompatible link between mind and machine. Even better, the single-walled nanotubes can actually accelerate signaling between neural cells. Electrical signals can be conducted by the tube, and are transmitted faster than by the cells' own axon connections."



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