By Anne Trafton
11/15/2011
MIT researchers have created a computer chip that can simulate synapses. They intend to use the chips to simulate entire neural systems like the visual processing system, to be able to further explore it and how it works. Currently it could take hours to even days to simulate only one brain function on a computer, but with this new analog chip it could function even faster than the biological circuit itself. They are also hopeful to be able to inferace these chips with biological systems, where they could be useful in helping communication between neural prosthetic devices such as artificial retinas.
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