Biohybrid computers made of organoids—tiny human brain models using real cells—have reached an important new benchmark by reading braille for the first time, even under challenging conditions.
A group of UK scientists working at Bristol University reported their biohybrid computing achievement in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, with a new paper describing the results.
The team’s achievement marks a major step toward the long-sought goal of harnessing organic brain cells for computing. The human brain is far more energy efficient than traditional computers, making the technology highly attractive as large-scale computing operations, like data centers, come under heavy criticism for their massive resource use.
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