Flying By Brain

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 23, 2004 @12:59PM from the brain-is-my-co-pilot dept.

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.

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You knew it was coming by Spykk · 2004-10-23 13:10 · Score: 1, Redundant

I, for one, welcome our new super-intelligent jar dwelling overlords.
Master! by Ash-Fox · 2004-10-23 13:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

I for one welcome our rat brain overlords!

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Frankenstein by uberdave · 2004-10-23 17:05 · Score: 1, Redundant

You are aware that Frankenstein WAS the scientist, right?

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