Singapore opens second data center using human neurons

Last month, the National University of Singapore unveiled the world's second-ever biological data center, combining living human neurons with silicon hardware to process information. The prototype is part of the emerging field of biological computing, which explores whether living neural networks can perform computational tasks more efficiently than conventional systems. Alysson R. Muotri, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego, joins us to explain how this technology works and what it could mean for the future of computing.