BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 21, 1999 ISSUE
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Computing with Chaos


-- Biological neurons and silicon circuits both transmit electrical signals

-- While chips in computers perform predictably, neurons can behave chaotically

-- By controlling that chaos, Georgia Tech researchers are, for the first time, using neurons to do arithmetic--heralding the possibility of brainlike computers



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