Human brain cells have been used to play classic video games, most recently achieving a breakthrough by learning to play Doom. The work builds on earlier experiments by Australian company Cortical ...

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The Australian biotech company Cortical Labs recently posted a video in which 200,000 living human neurons grown on a silicon chip played the 1993 first-person shooter Doom. The neuron-controlled main ...

Australian startup Cortical Labs taught 200,000 brain cells in a petri dish to play Doom The project translates Doom's digital signals into electrical stimulation for neurons Cortical Labs' CL1 ...

In 2024, Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant allowed a quadriplegic patient to play RuneScape and Slay the Spire in his brain. But now, scientists are taking things further, training lab-grown brain cells ...

In 2022, the team at Cortical Labs taught 800,000 brain cells in a petri dish connected to a computer how to play the 1970s game Pong. Now, years later, the same team is leveling up as they claim ...

Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs claims have successfully programmed living human neurons to play the cult-classic 1993 video game Doom. The team created a microelectrode array by growing ...

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cortical Labs connected 200,000 human neurons to Doom using electrical stimulation and software controls. The cells can ...

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A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...