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Subject: Re: Neurons on Silicon
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Joanna Bryson (joannab@holyrood.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
: Hi, 

: Could anyone think of something useful to do with a real neuron or a 
: bunch of neurons attached to a chip (ie you could send impulses to the
: dendrites and read what came out the terminal nodes)?

: Sure, it _sounds_ cool, and we all know real NN are much more complex,
: aysnch, analog etc. than artificial ones, but then artificial ones are
: also massively faster.  Would there be any use for this technology?

: Joanna
Joanna, shame on you for thinking  those thoughts!

(only kidding).

There is some related thought on my biodegradable technology page,
but it has more to do with photosynthesis, and you may see there
are a lot of uses for technologies based on life (in this case,
plant life).
-- 
Robert Pearson    --     http://www.eskimo.com/~telical
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