david@daisy.UUCP (11/03/87)
From Technology Review magazine (Oct. 87, p. 14), an MIT publication (available at good newstands): CHIP NERVES A combination of microelectronics and microsurgery may eventually make it possible to restore feeling and use to deadened limbs. Researchers... have [grown axons] through tiny holes drilled in silicon chips. [Researchers] envision a time when their inven- tion would lead to an "implantable switchboard" that would re- direct nerve impulses cut off because of injuries. ... The article is much longer, talking about how the thing works and what it could do. Thought y'all might be interested. -- David Schachter #include disclaimer.std #include quote