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Researchers Teach Living Brain Cells to Play Doom in Petri Dish

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Mar 07, 2026
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A biological computer powered by human brain cells just cleared one of tech culture’s most famous benchmarks: running Doom.

Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs revealed a demonstration showing about 200,000 lab-grown human neurons controlling the classic 1993 shooter, according to reports from Tom’s Hardware and other outlets.

The neurons sit on a si…

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