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Rat Brains Fly Planes

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bummer-of-a-support-job dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to The Age newspaper, scientists at the University of Florida have created neural cell cultures capable of flying an airplane using rat neurons. No actual planes are involved (yet), but the disassembled bits of rodent are already capable of level flight when hooked up to a simulator of an F-22."

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  1. Re:Think of the possibilities by Wolfrider · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    --Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outta ma hat!

    Rocky: Again?

    --Nothin' up ma sleeve... Presto! [ plop ]

    Lion: GROWR!!

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    == WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??