Brains on a chip: Why startups are combining cells and silicon
SINGAPORE — Think of a computer chip and the materials that spring to mind will likely be silicon, copper and plastic. An ambitious startup from Australia is now throwing a novel ingredient into the mix: human brain cells.
Cortical Labs, a Melbourne-based company backed by one of the country’s largest venture capital investors, Blackbird Ventures, recently published a paperdescribing their new chip. When connected to a computer, the cells on the chip — dubbed DishBrain — learned to play the classic arcade game Pong. Even better, the neurons improved their performance after receiving feedback on their play.
“DishBrain is a breakthrough technology that allows us to investigate the intelligent properties of living neurons outside of a body and in a petri dish,” Hon Weng Chong, Cortical Labs’ co-founder, told Nikkei Asia.
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