{"id":14179,"date":"2025-06-18T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:17:50","slug":"cortical-labs-biological-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14179","title":{"rendered":"Cortical Labs biological computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Star Trek bio-gel packs are not science fiction anymore. Cortical Labs has built the first deployable biological computer, <a href=\"https:\/\/corticallabs.com\/cl1.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/corticallabs.com\/cl1.html\">priced at $35,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"14180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=14180\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?fit=970%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?w=970&amp;ssl=1 970w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/05\/ZFmix6jiQcaJKPZwkxkr9j-970-80.jpg.webp?resize=481%2C270&amp;ssl=1 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/computers-built-by-human-brain-cells-could-help-make-ai-less-artificial\">computers built with human brain cells<\/a>. Fast forward to today, and Cortical Labs has turned the theory into reality with the production of the world\u2019s first commercialized biological computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They claim it is available for purchase and can &#8216;solve today\u2019s most difficult challenges&#8217;. Lets hope it&#8217;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9369\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9369\">another startup scam<\/a> like some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/stock-market-news\/quantum-computing-shares-fall-amid-fraud-allegations-93CH-3817114\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/stock-market-news\/quantum-computing-shares-fall-amid-fraud-allegations-93CH-3817114\">quantum computers have been turning out to be<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"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:\/\/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<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/brain\/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/brain\/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/computers-built-by-human-brain-cells-could-help-make-ai-less-artificial\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/computers-built-by-human-brain-cells-could-help-make-ai-less-artificial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211;\u00a0computers built with human brain cells. Fast forward to today, and Cortical Labs has turned the theory into reality with the production of the world\u2019s first commercialized biological computer. 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