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I am of the co-founder of the FinalSpark, a swiss based company working on designing the first processors made using living neurons.
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Comment · 2 years ago
Well, we already have systems with 32 electrodes, and we are looking at alternative to increase this by several orders of magnitude. I hope we have something next year.
Comment · 2 years ago
If you talk about learning to play doom, I would say it is unrealistic at this point and still a topic of research, the purpose of the neuroplatform is precisely to find reliable ways to train neurons to perform a specific task.
Comment · 2 years ago
We only use IPSC. Details of the protocol to turn them into neurons and glial cells are described in our publication. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence...
Comment · 2 years ago
No, it is way less. Consider we have about 10'000 neurons per organoid while our brain has about 100 billion.
Comment · 2 years ago
There a Python interface. The API enables to send stimulations, measure action potentials and deliver dopamine in real-time. There are 2 videos that explains this in more details on: https://finalspark.com/neuroplatform/
Comment · 2 years ago
We have no information on this topic. Consider that at this time we have the number of neurons equivalent to a larva fly.
Comment · 2 years ago
I am not sure lack of immune system is our main concern so far at FinalSpark. I believe it has more to do with the side effects of physical contacts of neurons (and glial cells) with not fully biocompatible materials like the electrodes.
Comment · 2 years ago
I am one of co-founders of this company.
Many of the questions asked here are answered in our recent publication:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence...
I will be happy to try to answer any other questions!
Comment · 2 years ago
I am one of FinalSpark's co-founder. You are right, this can be a concern. People who rent have the option to pay for exclusive access.
Comment · 3 years ago
We are working on using living neurons in order to create the first bioprocessor.
Neuron activity is available online on:
https://finalspark.com/live/