Researchers in the US have succeeded in connecting human brain cells to an electronic chip and carrying out basic computational tasks. This type of experiment could lead to the future development of new hybrid tools, such as computers, partly made up of human cells grown in a laboratory.
The project, dubbed “Brainoware”, is the work of researchers at Indiana University Bloomington. They connected brain organoids – 3D cellular structures grown in the laboratory that mimic the functioning of an organ (in this case, brain cells) – to thousands of electrodes. These electrical circuits were able to respond to information inputted via electronic pulses. In this first experiment, Brainoware demonstrated its ability to learn and communicate. For example, the researchers trained it, via AI, to recognise human voices with 78% accuracy.
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