Star Trek bio-gel packs are not science fiction anymore. Cortical Labs has built the first deployable biological computer, priced at $35,000.

Two years ago, researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Australia, together with scientists at Cortical Labs in Melbourne, suggested that the answer to real, less artificial AI was organoids – computers built with human brain cells. Fast forward to today, and Cortical Labs has turned the theory into reality with the production of the world’s first commercialized biological computer.

Live neuron cells are cultivated inside a nutrient-rich solution, supplying them with everything they need to be healthy. They grow across a silicon chip, which sends and receives electrical impulses into the neural structures.

They claim it is available for purchase and can ‘solve today’s most difficult challenges’. Lets hope it’s not another startup scam like some quantum computers have been turning out to be.

Articles:

• https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-breakthrough-in-computing-cortical-labs-cl1-is-the-first-living-biocomputer-and-costs-almost-the-same-as-apples-best-failure
• https://newatlas.com/brain/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence
• https://www.techradar.com/news/computers-built-by-human-brain-cells-could-help-make-ai-less-artificial