Researchers Develop Cybernetic Coatings for Interfacing Hardware and Human Tissue
Integrating electronics in the body could provide medical benefits, such as a device that monitors for tumours. They can also be used for implanted brain-machine interfaces that allow disabled people to control prosthetic limbs using their minds. Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to take this further and achieve “symbiosis with artificial intelligence”.
A team of scientists, who presented their research at the American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo, investigated materials that could work as a cybernetic coating to prevent scarring.