Alon Loeffler

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom' Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be capable of doing. It's the science-fiction work of biotech boffins at Cortical Labs, who researched and developed the technology that harnesses the workings of the brain's networking system.