'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers

Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive. It…

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'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive.

'Wetware': Scientists Use Human Mini-brains To Power Computers

Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive.

‘Wetware’: Scientists Use Human Mini-brains To Power Computers

(Barron’s) – Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive. It is vital these mini-brains remain healthy, because they are serving as rudimentary computer processors — and unlike your laptop, once they die, they cannot be rebooted. This new field of research, called biocomputing or “wetware”, aims to harness the evolutionarily honed yet stil…

What is wetware? How human mini-brains are powering computers

In a lab in the scenic Swiss town of Vevey, scientists are giving tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrients they need to stay alive, not for medical research alone, but to act as rudimentary computer processors.