Apr. 29—Computer development has taken a wide path away from the silicon-based hardware we've grown accustomed to. Research has been conducted into various other ways of building even more efficient ...

Researchers are no longer just simulating brains in silicon, they are wiring living human neurons into machines and asking ...

VEVEY: 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 ...

It sounds like something straight out of cyberpunk science fiction: monkeys controlling robot arms miles away through their brain waves; quadriplegics regaining some use of their limbs by merely ...

The far-reaching realms of science fiction literature and film constantly puts forth a future in which wetware, computer mechanisms embedded in our bodies, will be as common as wearing a pair of ...

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, ...