{"id":189157,"date":"2024-05-11T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/new-iontronic-memristor-could-revolutionize-brain-like-computing-using-only-salt-and-water"},"modified":"2024-05-11T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T16:28:29","slug":"new-iontronic-memristor-could-revolutionize-brain-like-computing-using-only-salt-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/new-iontronic-memristor-could-revolutionize-brain-like-computing-using-only-salt-and-water","title":{"rendered":"New \u201cIontronic Memristor\u201d Could Revolutionize Brain-Like Computing Using Only Salt and Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-iontronic-memristor-could-revolutionize-brain-like-computing-using-only-salt-and-water.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers say this novel device, barely larger than a human hair, functions as an artificial synapse, mimicking the brain\u2019s unique ability to process and share information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brain\u2019s computing principles (neurons connected by synapses) and information carriers (ions in water) both differ fundamentally from those of conventional computers,\u201d researchers wrote. \u201cBuilding on this distinction, we present an aqueous memristor that emulates the brain\u2019s short-term synaptic plasticity features through ion transport in water, mirroring the natural processes in the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their findings, recently published in the <em><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2320242121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/em>, researchers highlighted that the iontronic memristor marks a significant departure from earlier models designed to mimic the brain\u2019s communication pathways. Moreover, the device uniquely emulates the dynamic processes of human synapses in real time, using only salt and water to closely replicate how neurons transmit information naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say this novel device, barely larger than a human hair, functions as an artificial synapse, mimicking the brain\u2019s unique ability to process and share information. \u201cThe brain\u2019s computing principles (neurons connected by synapses) and information carriers (ions in water) both differ fundamentally from those of conventional computers,\u201d researchers wrote. \u201cBuilding on this distinction, we [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}