On the frontiers of cyborg science
Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 04:30
in Biology & Nature
No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits. Now taking this human-machine concept to an unprecedented level, pioneering scientists are working on the seamless marriage between electronics and brain signaling with the potential to transform our understanding of how the brain works—and how to treat its most devastating diseases.