Squid Extract Bridges Human / Machine Divide, Cyborgs To Become Very Real

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Squid Extract Bridges Human / Machine Divide, Cyborgs To Become Very Real
Enterprising minds at the institution's materials science and engineering department have discovered a use for chitosan -- an extract made from squid pen or crab shells that could lead us down a cybernetic road to human / machine interfaces. The team incorporated the organic compound into their field-effect transistor prototype, and effectively created the first protonic circuitry "that's completely analogous to [the way] an electronic current" can be manipulated.