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Inside the data centres built with lab-grown human brain cells

Could bio data centres powered by neurons be the key to curing diseases? Lucas Chancellor reports

Evening Standard · Sep 30

A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?

Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16

Human brain cells set to power two new data centers, thanks to 'body-in-the-box' CL1 — Cortical Labs targets the AI energy crisis with biological computer that reportedly uses less energy than a calculator

Australian biotech company Cortical Labs has partnered with data center firm DayOne to establish two new data centers using its CL1 biological computers.

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 11