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"The mathematics of chaos",huh? Don't know what it means but I like the sound of it. Carole H. --- janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > THE COMPUTING POWER OF LEECHES > > Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia > Institute of Technology are > using living neurons from leeches to study the way > neural networks could be > used in computing. "What we have done so far is > demonstrate the feasibility > of isolating nerve cells so we may use a computer as > an intermediary in > their communications with each other. We are a long > way from creating > living computers, but we do eventually want to grow > neurons on a silicon > substrate as a first step," says Ronald Calabrese, a > professor at Emory. > Calabrese has focused on studying the neural > networks that that manage a > leech's rhythmic motor behavior, while Georgia Tech > researcher William Ditto > is developing a mathematical theory to describe the > interactions of neurons. > "Ditto has a theory that the mathematics of chaos > can best describe the > actions of neurons... But I just want to discover > how the leech neurons > perform computations regardless of what mathematics > best describes them," > says Calabrese. (EE Times 22 Jul 99) > > http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990722S0009 > > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 > Canada > website: a new voice > <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> > e-mail: <[log in to unmask]> > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com