Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Chemical computer that mimics neurons to be created


BBC News (January 11, 2010)- A promising push toward a novel, biologically-inspired "chemical computer" has begun as part of an international collaboration. The "wet computer" incorporates several recently discovered properties of chemical systems that can be hijacked to engineer computing power. The team's approach mimics some of the actions of neurons in the brain.

The 1.8m-euro (£1.6m) project will run for three years, funded by an EU emerging technologies programme. The programme has identified biologically-inspired computing as particularly important, having recently funded several such projects.

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