A Chip That Mimics Neurons, Firing Up the Memory

"IN the 2001 movie ''Memento,'' the hero cannot hold onto any new memories. He forgets whatever he sees or hears within moments, distracted by new events that he also forgets in turn.

Profound amnesia like this comes about in real life, too, from trauma or disease to the hippocampus, the cortical section of the brain where memories are formed.

One day, though, a computer chip may do some of the work of a damaged hippocampus, replacing living neurons with silicon ones..."

Source : New York Times

Link : http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/technology/what-s-next-a-chip-that-mimics-neurons-firing-up-the-memory.html