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Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps
missb writes "Brain tissue cultured from rats has controlled a wheeled robot around a lab, according to New Scientist this week. Researchers in the UK have harnessed signals from thousands of disembodied rat neurons, and manipulated them to get a robot to respond to instructions. The team at the University of Reading in the UK hope their research will help provide treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy."
What was the lead researcher's name? Davros?
Why, without your clothes, you're naked, Miss Dudley!
We have had these running around here for years. We just called them MBA's.
Will these rat things be programmed never to break the sound barrier in a populated area?
Am I the only one who fails to see how these rodent zombie robots have anything to do with Alzheimer's?
Well I assume it's because having a zombie rat robot come at you is something not even an Alzheimer's sufferer would forget.
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Conquer the world, of course. This was the first conclusion I came to.
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The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world.
Agreed. Please stop hijacking me!
Don't forget:
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