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Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps

Posted by timothy on from the aside-from-snow-crash-and-politics dept.

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."

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  1. Obligatory.. by ElizabethGreene · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our rat brained robotic overlords.

  2. I, for one, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    can't resist making a comment about welcoming our future rat-brained overlords

  3. Welcome masters! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I for one would like to welcome our new rat-brained, robot overlords...