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CL1: Using Actually-alive Neurons as a Computer (First Commercial Release) (corticallabs.com)

submitted 4 months ago by jeffhykin@lemm.ee to c/science@lemmy.ml

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This from the same guys who got neurons in a petri dish to successfully play pong. The CL1 is a box with biological neurons inside that can be controlled and programmed with an API. They've been working on this for quite a while and just made their first public release.

Its expected the CL1 will be extremely helpful for researching Alzheimer's and other neurological based disorders, including neuron response to medicine for faster drug testing.

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[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They say it stays alive for 6 months, so do they send you replacement neurons? Or do you buy a new machine every 6 months?

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

I'll ask them, I happen to see them in a zoom meeting occasionally.

I very very very much doubt its a new machine, however you might need to send your machine back to get it refilled as I imagine there is a precise integration between bio neurons and electrical hardware.