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Light Licker writes “Israeli researchers have created artificial memories for the first time — in a tangle of neurons growing in the lab. Using a specific chemical they could add to the pattern of impulses in a network of the nerve cells. ‘Many believe that complex patterns of neuronal firing are templates for memory, which the brain uses when storing information. Imprinting such “memories” on artificial neural networks provides a potential way to develop cyborg chips, says Ben-Jacob. These would be useful for monitoring biological systems like the brain and blood since, being human, they would respond to the same chemicals.’ The new pattern lasted two days — good enough for biological RAM?”
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Original post by Zonk and software by Elliott Back

Posted by on Saturday, June 9th, 2007


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