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'''Artificial neural membrane''' ('''ANM''') refers to a new class of functional structure developed through research adaptive and evolutionary neural networks and programmable materials.  The greatest interest in ANM structures surround their potential as [[open architecture]] environments for the integration of [[Micrometre|microscale]] and [[Nanometre|nanoscale]] devices.

Originally based on the [[Neurogenesis]] Algorithms developed by [[mathematician]] and engineering [[physicist]] Dr. P. A. Menges.  While working as a postdoctoral research associate at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], Dr. Menges became interested in thin film materials used in specialized sensors also referred to as smart skins.  After leaving the laboratory she established a computational method allowing networks to automatically embed or simulate on other networks based in functional materials. 

Artificial neural membrane technology development has been funded by the [[NASA]] Institute for Advanced Concepts, for application to flapping wing flight.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/abstracts/1121Menges.pdf |title=ARTIFICIAL NEURAL MEMBRANE FLAPPING WING |first=Pamela |last=Menges }}</ref>  Currently Aerospace Research Systems, Inc – the agency that pioneered work in developing artificial neurons for use in control of multifunctional smart structures – is applying the technology to reusable launch vehicles.  Other applications include [[biotechnology]] processes, morphing aircraft and spacecraft, adaptive [[wind turbine|wind generators]], and [[artificial organ]]s.  Recent research also indicates that ANM systems may provide the first truly automated intentional or conceptual programming environment.  The ANM technology has been referred as being as significant as [[semiconductors]] in the 1950s.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.arsispace.com Aerospace Research Systems, Inc.]
*[http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/jun/HQ_05_151_NIAC_Awards.html NASA]
*[http://www.niac.usra.edu/ NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts]

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