Sumario: | Adaptation in nature is a relevant research area that has
many applications in artificial systems, which can be used for
the benefit of society. Particularly in biology, a neuron can
reconfigure itself to develop different tasks using the same
structure; however, this procedure is a mystery. The processes
of adaptation, learning, and coupling between them have
been research pursuits therein, and the understanding of this
processes can help to build artificial devices.The act of joining
living tissue with electronics has long been imagined in the
world of science fiction, but cybernetic organisms are now
one step closer to reality, thanks to work emerging from
researchers that have built tiny electronic meshes out of silicon nanowires and have used them as scaffolds to grow nerve,
heart, and muscle tissue
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