Computer chip does the human brain tango

Hmmm, it seems that computers are slowly making progress in terms of matching the way our brains work – and the keyword here is “plasticity”. Yes sir, this term could very well be the key that enables the grey matter within our skill to learn, change and adapt through our experiences and observations. According to researchers over at MIT, they believe that they managed to have a quantum leap in replicating how the brain works – in the silicon format, of course, and that will naturally involve computers. Instead of a digital processor, MIT decided to make the creative jump by making a chip which is analog in nature. The reason behind this? Cells’ behavior in the brain make them difficult to mimic in terms of binary (ones and zeroes), so an analog processor would be far more suitable. Check out what the team at MIT has to say about their effort after the jump.