‘Body in a Box’: World’s First Computer Powered by Human Brain Cells
March 6th, 2025Via: Independent:
An Australian startup has unveiled the world’s first commercial biological computer that runs on living human brain cells.
Melbourne-based Cortical Labs launched the CL1 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, describing it as a “body in a box” that holds the potential to revolutionise AI and robotics.
The computer uses lab-grown neurons that grow across a silicon chip, which allows them to send and receive electrical impulses.
This setup is then integrated into Cortical Labs’s Biological Intelligence Operating System (biOS), through which users can deploy code through the neurons and perform computing tasks.
An internal life support system of pumps, gas, and temperature controls keep the neurons alive for up to six months.
That this kind of hybrid system might be the basis for future AIs has long troubled me.
@Dennis
My fears exactly.