Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed from living human brain cells rather than traditional silicon. A biocomputer harnesses biologically derived ...

Biocomputers use biological materials like DNA and cells to process information. They offer incredible energy efficiency and processing potential compared to silicon chips. Major research institutions ...

Artificial intelligence systems, even those as sophisticated as ChatGPT, depend on the same silicon-based hardware that has been the bedrock of computing since the 1950s. But what if computers could ...

Scientists are using organoids to screen drug candidates, grow viruses, build biocomputers, and much, much more. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech ...

Scientists are collaborating across multiple fields to create biocomputers that utilize three-dimensional cultures of brain cells, called brain organoids, as biological hardware. They have outlined ...

Researchers just announced a plan to eventually create “organoid intelligence,” or OI. They plan to grow clumps of brain cells called organoids and create technology that would allow us to turn those ...

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The first computers were biological: they had two arms, two legs and 10 fingers. “Computer” was a job title, not the name of a machine. The occupation vanished after programmable, electric calculating ...

Reviewed by Sally Robertson, B.Sc. The term “biosensor” is short for “biological sensor.” The device is made up of a transducer and a biological element that may be an enzyme, an antibody or a nucleic ...