Neuron talks to chip, and chip to nerve cell.
By rearranging electrical charges, German researchers have caused a silicon chip to stimulate a leech neuron to respond. This two-way communication is essential for future prosthetic limb control by the brain. Neuron talks to chip, and chip to nerve cell. Researcher Dr. Peter Fromherz of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry at Martinsried, near Munich, Germany.