United Kingdom, March 9 -- A start-up business in Australia has unveiled the world's first computer which is powered by human brain cells.

The Melbourne-based company Cortical Labs launched the CL1 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, which uses lab-grown neurons that grow across a silicon chip, which allows them to send and receive electrical impulses.

Users can then deploy code through the neurons in order for it to perform computing tasks and the neurons are kept alive for up to six months with an internal life support system.

Brett Kagan, chief scientific officer of Cortical Labs, told New Atlas: "A simple way to describe it would be like a body in a box."

Cortical Labs states on its website: "The neuron is self progra...