Big Advances In Brain / Computer Integration

MIT engineers have developed a new computerized device that integrates between neurons and muscles. Neurons are the core component of the brain and send sensory information and reflexive instructions that guide how people operate and move about. The goal of the quarter-sized computer chip inserted into the body is ostensibly to understand how neurons impact neuromuscular medical conditions such as ALS, but they also point to the progress being made in computer-to-brain integration. MIT device replicates connection between neuron and muscle MIT’s microfluidic device replicates the connection where the nerve meets the muscle. The computer chip can stimulate neurons and…