Brain dish is a direct mind-computer interface in the form of a small cluster of neurons in a petrie dish and have wired themselves to electrodes. While not the first example of this kind of inter connection, the brain in a dish was the most sucessfull. It was successfully able to learn to fly the flight simulator of a F-22. In an explination of the method, Thomas DeMarse told Discovery.com;

"We grow approximately 25,000 cells on a 60-channel multi-electrode array, which permits us to measure the signals produced by the activity each neuron produces as it transmits information across this network of living neurons."

Related projects are any form of electrode and neuron connections, including those of completely paralyzed individuals. The electrodes, typically in the form of a chip, directly sample the electrical signals in the neurons. Future applications of this technology have be imagined by science fiction publications for generations.

See also

• Category:neuroscience
• Category:computation

External links

• Discovery: Brain in a Dish
• Nature: Paralized man sends email