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Data centres built with lab-grown human brain cells

Original: Inside the data centres built with lab-grown human brain cells https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/data-centres-built-l

The Evening Standard reports on a new frontier in computing: data centres that use lab-grown human brain cells to process information. The technology, often called biocomputing, uses cultivated neurons that can learn and adapt, raising the prospect of far more energy-efficient computing than silicon-based systems, alongside ethical questions about the use of living human tissue in machines.

Why now: Readers are drawn to the striking and controversial idea of merging living human cells with computing infrastructure.

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