Flying By Brain

Garabito writes "Scientists at the University of Florida made a living 'brain' by extracting 25,000 neurons from a rat's brain and culturing them inside a glass dish. Then, the neurons began to extend lines to each other, creating a living neural network between them. The dish had a grid of 60 electrodes connected to a computer running a flight simulator. The scientists were able to train the 'brain' to control the plane in the simulator and to react to conditions of the plane. Are we getting closer to create an artificially made conscious being, or perhaps, a living computer?" AlphaJoe was one of several readers to add a link to Wired's article on the experiment.

Comments

Re:Great now im going to lose my job

[Vito Corleone 13]

my name is Zach Purcell

Here's my question....

[drgath159]

How well could this rat fly a lawnmower?

Re:working backwards

[uberdave]

The common thought these days is that chickens evolved from dinosaurs, so those dinosaur eggs you mention may actually be chicken eggs.