Alzheimer's Brain Nano Chip

Christian Apostoli, Kyle Cote, Kelvin Agramonte, Sheimy Paz Serpa

Societal Impact Opportunity Solution

• Improve the lives of patients with Alzheimer's • Relevant stakeholders: patients, healthy • Form: 1 cm round chip, implanted in the skull
Disease and the relationships with their families individuals, families of patients, researchers and near the entorhinal cortex with many nanofiber
and bring patients back to a normal standard of clinicians [1] wires connecting directly to the brain
mental health. • Target customers: elderly, primarily over 65,
• Create new fields of academia and jobs in the and especially those who struggle with diabetes, • Function: Mimic and replace failing neurons,
technology and medical field which creates strokes, high blood pressure, depression, translate brain signals to machine code and vice
competition within the pharmaceutical market and/or obesity [2] versa, communicate with external computers for
• Create ethical and philosophical dilemmas for • Customer Needs: Assistance with day-to-day additional aid
implanting a nanochip within an individual's tasks, assistance in personal relationships,
skull and conducting intrusive surgeries independence, discretion, safety measures [7]

Technologies Societal Challenges

• Carbon nanotube microprocessors

• - Improve carbon purification methods • There will be ethical challenges in implanting a
• - Reducing the cost of production
brain chip in elderly patients that are have weak
• - Deposited edge to edge on the wafers, with
14,400 X 14,400 arrays CNFETs distributed across immune systems and may not have the financial
multiple wafers[1] resources to perform a very
• - 3D computer chip (large 200 mm wafer) [2] expensive operation.
References
• There are environmental challenges with the
• [1]Rob Matheson | MIT News Office, “MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes,” • Quantum Computing production of the brain chip to create nano chips
MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [Online]. Available: https://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-
nanotubes-microprocessor-0828. [Accessed: 17-Nov-2021]. • - Control signals depends on underlying qubit [3] where the production does not lead to
• [2]“Inside-out: How the combination of AI, quantum & brain interfaces will change us,” Samsung.com, 08-Jul-
• - The control processor identifies and triggers the
2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.samsung.com/us/ssic/inside-out-how-the-combination-of-ai-quantum-and-
brain-interfaces-will-change-us/. [Accessed: 17-Nov-2021]. environmental damage and does not damage
• [3]R. Mackenzie, "How Can We Make It Easier To Implant a Brain-Computer Interface?", Neuroscience from proper Hamiltonian or sequence of quantum gate
Technology Networks, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/blog/how-
operations and measurements [4] the patient.
can-we-make-it-easier-to-implant-a-brain-computer-interface-352026. [Accessed: 17- Nov- 2021].
• [4] G. Vanderschaeghe, R. Vandenberghe, and K. Dierickx, “Stakeholders' views on early diagnosis
for alzheimer's disease, clinical trial participation and amyloid PET disclosure: A FOCUS Group Study,” Journal • - Vacuum, laser, and optical systems[4] • There will be political and legal challenges to the
of Bioethical Inquiry, 13-Mar-2019. [Online]. Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11673-019-
09901- • - Radio frequency and electronic controllers[5] distribution of the technology because this is a
9#:~:text=However%2C%20little%20is%20known%20about,would%20individuals%20seek%20a%20medical.
[Accessed: 20-Oct-2021]. very new technology and not many laws have
• [5]"Risk factors: Who gets Alzheimer's disease?", Alzheimer's Society, 2021. [Online].
Available: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/types-dementia/who-gets-alzheimers-disease. • Automated Brain Surgery been made to protect patients and/or
•
[Accessed: 20- Oct- 2021].
[6]B. Curley, "Lifestyle Changes to Help Lower 19 Risk Factors for Alzheimer's", Healthline, 2021. [Online]. • - Deep Learning (image recognition) [6] medical practitioner.
Available: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/alzheimers-risk-factors-lifestyle-changes#The-impact-of-
lifestyle. [Accessed: 20- Oct- 2021].
• [7]Alz.org. 2021. Voices of Alzheimer’s Disease. [online] Available at:
 • References (font size for this section could be smaller)
• [1]Rob Matheson | MIT News Office, “MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes,” MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
[Online]. Available: https://news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-nanotubes-microprocessor-0828. [Accessed: 17-Nov-2021].
• [2]“Inside-out: How the combination of AI, quantum & brain interfaces will change us,” Samsung.com, 08-Jul-2019. [Online]. Available:
https://www.samsung.com/us/ssic/inside-out-how-the-combination-of-ai-quantum-and-brain-interfaces-will-change-us/. [Accessed: 17-Nov-2021].
• [3]R. Mackenzie, "How Can We Make It Easier To Implant a Brain-Computer Interface?", Neuroscience from Technology Networks, 2021. [Online]. Available:
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/blog/how-can-we-make-it-easier-to-implant-a-brain-computer-interface-352026. [Accessed: 17- Nov- 2021].
• [4] G. Vanderschaeghe, R. Vandenberghe, and K. Dierickx, “Stakeholders' views on early diagnosis for alzheimer's disease, clinical trial participation and amyloid PET
disclosure: A FOCUS Group Study,” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 13-Mar-2019. [Online]. Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11673-019-09901-
9#:~:text=However%2C%20little%20is%20known%20about,would%20individuals%20seek%20a%20medical. [Accessed: 20-Oct-2021].
• [5]"Risk factors: Who gets Alzheimer's disease?", Alzheimer's Society, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/types-dementia/who-
gets-alzheimers-disease. [Accessed: 20- Oct- 2021].
• [6]B. Curley, "Lifestyle Changes to Help Lower 19 Risk Factors for Alzheimer's", Healthline, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.healthline.com/health-
news/alzheimers-risk-factors-lifestyle-changes#The-impact-of-lifestyle. [Accessed: 20- Oct- 2021].
• [7]Alz.org. 2021. Voices of Alzheimer’s Disease. [online] Available at: <https://www.alz.org/media/documents/early-stage-town-hall-r.pdf> [Accessed 20 October 2021].
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