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BIO-COMPUTERS (S&T)

BIO-COMPUTERS (New term in Science & Technology)

  • Scientists at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) recently outlined a plan for a potentially revolutionary new area of research called "organoid intelligence", which aims to create “biocomputers". 
  • Brain cultures grown in the lab are coupled to real-world sensors and input/output devices.



The premise and the utility:

  • Brain research is still at infancy 
  • In a quest to develop systems that are more relevant to humans, scientists are building 3D cultures of brain tissue in the lab, called brain organoids.
  • The JHU researchers have announced plans to couple the organoids with machine learning by growing the organoids inside flexible structures affixed with multiple electrodes.

Larger Purpose:

   Will help us understand-
  • The stimuli patterns of brain 
  • Response patterns of neurons and human behaviour 
  • Neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders  
  • Development of stem cell research.

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