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Wetware Computer

Computing systems built from living neurons and biological tissue
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Wetware computers use living neurons as computational substrate. Experimentation; early work with cultured cells on microelectrode arrays. Applications: AI, better understanding of neural computation. Significant technical and ethical challenges.

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