Toronto, Aug. 11: The human brain on a microchip is almost ready! Turning into reality science fiction of films such as The Terminator, where machines and men meld into reality, Canadian scientists have successfully connected brain cells to a silicon chip to hear conversation between brain tissue.
The neuro-chip, which has been developed by medicine scientists at the University of Calgary, will network brain cells and thus record brain cell activity at a resolution never achieved before, according to Dr Naweed Syed who led the team that made the breakthrough.
The neuro-chip will help future understanding of how brain cells work under normal conditions and thus permit drug discoveries for a variety of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, a university statement said on Tuesday. The new neuro-chips are also automated.