Mar 1, 2023
Explainer: What is a ‘biocomputer’ and organoid intelligence
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: computing, neuroscience
A new paper has been released that outlines a type of ‘roadmap’ for biocomputers – computers drawing memory and power from human neurons – or brain cells.
The crux of the new work is a term called ‘organoid intelligence’ – this is the idea that a small group of human neurons could begin understanding it’s environment, learn and remember.
But to understand this, we first have to look to what an organoid is and how they are made.