Is it possible to use technology from a nervous system?

[lekh2003]

Is it in anyway possible to use the "propagation of action potential" and an artificial myelin sheath in modern technology? Would this method overcome the problem of resistance?

I found that superconductors have zero resistance but are too expensive. So ceramic can be used, but that is brittle. Would the technology from our nervous system be any better?

 

[.Scott]

This is as much a physiology question as it is a technology question.
Here is a link that describes the process:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential#Process_in_a_typical_neuron
The main point is that the action potential depends on an existing membrane ionization that must be restored after the signal has passed.
So it is only appropriate for the transmission of information (not power), and it requires a power source.

In communication technology, using repeaters to reformat and retransmit messages is common.

 

[jerromyjon]

I found that superconductors have zero resistance but are too expensive.

They also require very low temps which takes a lot of energy to maintain. Much research is being done on cuprate superconductors or other "high temperature" superconductors...

 

[lekh2003]

This is as much a physiology question as it is a technology question.
Here is a link that describes the process:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potential#Process_in_a_typical_neuron
The main point is that the action potential depends on an existing membrane ionization that must be restored after the signal has passed.
So it is only appropriate for the transmission of information (not power), and it requires a power source.

In communication technology, using repeaters to reformat and retransmit messages is common.

Thanks, that was really helpful.

 

[lekh2003]

They also require very low temps which takes a lot of energy to maintain. Much research is being done on cuprate superconductors or other "high temperature" superconductors...

Yet both high temperature and low temperature superconductors are equally as expensive right now.