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Harvard Researchers Created Living Electrodes

A porous and flexible scaffold functions as a living electrode for use in brain-computer interfaces.

Wyss Institute
Wyss Institute

A recent Medgadget article discussed a new hydrogel scaffold that can function as a living electrode for brain-computer interface applications. A team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute created a porous and flexible scaffold by freeze-drying electrically conductive materials. The freeze drying process created ice-crystals in the material that leaves behind pores in which cells can enter and live. 

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