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A Swiss biocomputing startup has launched the world's first biological CPU made out of human brains [This is real]
| Each MEA holds four organoids, interfaced by eight electrodes used for both stimulation and recording. Data goes to-and-fro via digital analog converters (Intan RHS 32 controller) with a 30kHz sampling frequency and a 16-bit resolution. These key architectural design features are supported by a microfluidic life support system for the MEAs. Last but not least, a software stack allows researchers to input data variables, and then read and interpret processor output.
| Initially, the firm’s MEAs would only last a few hours, but refinements to the system mean an organoid lifespan is currently expected to be around 100 days.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/worlds-first-bioprocessor-uses-16-human-brain-organoids-for-a-million-times-less-power-consumption-than-a-digital-chip
| FUCK YEAH thanks for sharing. I can't wait to plug these into my brain and become wildly enhanced and then set up a RAID array so I don't die easy.
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| World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip.
The operation currently relies on an architecture that can be classified as wetware: the mixing of hardware, software, and biology. The main innovation delivered by the Neuroplatform is through the use of four Multi-Electrode Arrays (MEAs) housing the living tissue – organoids, which are 3D cell masses of brain tissue.