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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. Karma whore by Dash_Rantic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome out new rat-neuron-plane flying overlords.

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  2. Re: Rat Brains Fly Planes by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Rat Brains Fly Planes

    In other news, Frank Burns Eats Worms.

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