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    Human brain organoid bioprocessors now available to rent for $500 per month
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    Human brain organoid bioprocessors now available to rent for $500 per month

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    1. atdoru on

      >FinalSpark, the firm behind Neuroplatform, has begun to offer paid 24/7 remote access to its bioprocessors. In May, we reported on these pioneering human brain organoid-based processors and their touted million times greater power efficiency when compared to digital processors.

      >Now we note that academic customers can get access to this biocomputing platform, featuring four shared organoids, for $500 per user per month (or even free, for selected projects).

    3. NotJimmy97 on

      Is there any source for what calculation dictates the “one million times more energy efficient” tagline I keep seeing? Life is not very energy efficient at all with enormous losses at many steps, and the idea of putting a watt-hour to having neurons do math for you (and maintain cellular homeostasis in relatively inefficient ways) instead of a purpose-built transistor doesn’t seem like it would be more efficient at face value.

    4. AmaResNovae on

      I’m a wee bit too tipsy to jump into that rabbit hole at the moment, but “bioprocessors” (particularly if they are human related) sounds like a potentially problematic ethical issue.

      Am I paranoid and/or too impaired to handle the ethical side of it, or is my gut reaction right adjacent?

    5. Special-Language-999 on

      All you need is antigravity and youre half way to a Warhammer 40k servo skull.

    6. Wizard-In-Disguise on

      This is inspiring me to write a song about an organoid awakening into the awareness of an infant.

    7. Achaboo on

      Ah man I have that big project coming up! I’m in way over my head!! (Snap’s fingers) I know! I’ll just rent a brain Organoid processor for $500/M! That will get me through it…