Using the age-old medium of Doom, boffins just gave us a look into our cyborg future by making the game run on wetware ...

Here's one for you: when is a 'body in a box' not as macabre as it sounds? Simple—when it's a tech startup. Wait! Put the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. The world’s first “code-deployable” biological computer is now for sale. The Cortical Labs ...

Australian biotech company Cortical Labs has introduced what it claims to be "the world’s first code deployable biological computer," which combines human brain cells with traditional silicon-based ...

Cortical Labs says the CL1 is the world's first commercial computer that runs on living human brain cells (Cortical Labs) An Australian startup has unveiled the world’s first commercial biological ...

TBC, as the startup likes to refer to itself, said today it has raised $25 million in seed funding from Primary Ventures to coincide with the commercial launch of the world’s first biological ...

Biological computing startup Cortical Labs has launched CL1, what it is calling the world’s first commercial biological computer. The technology combines “lab-cultivated neurons from human stem cells” ...

Scientists are experimenting with ways to integrate brain cells into computer processors. The technology could help conserve energy. FinalSpark's Multi-Electrode Arrays (MEAs) incorporate four human ...

MIT has taken a big step toward the ability to use engineered life-forms as a means of sensing, tracking, and even doing basic computing of information. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

TL;DR: Research in both biocomputing and neuromorphic computing may hold the key to better computer energy efficiency. By drawing inspiration from nature's own efficient systems, such as the human ...

Bioengineers at Stanford University have created the first biological transistor made from genetic materials: DNA and RNA. Dubbed the "transcriptor," this biological transistor is the final component ...