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Functioning synapse created using carbon nanotubes: Devices might be used in brain prostheses or synthetic brains

April 21, 2011 by

Engineering researchers have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit whose behavior in tests reproduces the function of a neuron, the building block of the brain.

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