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Reservoir computing with brain organoids

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Brain organoids — integrated with electrophysiological recording hardware — can be used to create reservoir computing systems.

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Fig. 1: Developing biocomputers based on brain organoids.

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  1. Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Lena Smirnova

  2. Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Brian Caffo

  3. Research and Exploratory Development Department, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA

    Erik C. Johnson

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Smirnova, L., Caffo, B. & Johnson, E.C. Reservoir computing with brain organoids. Nat Electron 6, 943–944 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-01096-7

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