Neuronal latency

Neuronal latency describes the time delay between neural stimulation and the neuron’s response. This sluggish transmission is how Ms. Elliott knows the images projected on the Analytical Engine Room’s metal barrier are coming from Declan’s brain.

In the human brain, the fastest nerves transmit signals at 270 miles per hour.

In computers, signals travel at speeds close to the speed of light, up to 186,000 miles per second.

The exact speed depends on other factors, but for perspective, it would take a computer 1.3 seconds to transmit a signal from the Earth to the Moon, it would take a human neuron’s signal 36 days to reach the Moon.

Neuron - fast as a sports car

Circuit board - fast as the speed of light (much faster than a sports car).