No, this isn’t science fiction. Real-life researchers taught a dish of roughly 200,000 living human brain cells to play the classic 1990s computer game “Doom.” Experts at Cortical Labs, an Australian ...

Dive into the advanced bio-computers of the Gundam universe. Explore their functions, comparing them to real-world AI and cutting-edge aerospace tech. Discover how organic and digital minds merge.

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CL1 is the world's first commercially available biocomputer, announced by Cortical Labs in 2025. It connects cultured human brain neurons to a silicon chip and can perform calculations using neural ...

Efforts are underway to create computers using human neurons. While they are not yet practical for real-world use, scientists are embarking on creating neuron-based ‘biocomputers,’ believing the human ...

Swiss scientists are attempting to produce a biocomputer from living cells, an idea that dates to science fiction, the BBC reported Saturday. According to the report, scientists are working toward ...

It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells. Welcome to the weird world of biocomputing. Among ...

In a breakthrough that blurs the lines between technology and biology, an Australian startup has unveiled the world’s first commercial biological computer — one powered by living human cells. The CL1, ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle In a world first, Australian firm ...

The CL1 from Cortical Labs contains human cells grown in a laboratory. — Cortical Labs At the Mobile World Congress 2025, held in Barcelona until March 6, the Australian start-up Cortical Labs is ...

Australian startup Cortical Labs has announced the world's first commercial biocomputer, the CL1, which is expected to perform calculations using neural networks, including AI, by connecting cultured ...