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An Organic Computer Using Four Wired-Together Rat Brains

Posted by timothy on from the nothing-creepy-here-either-bob dept.

Jason Koebler writes: The brains of four rats have been interconnected to create a "Brainet" capable of completing computational tasks better than any one of the rats would have been able to on its own. Explains Duke University's Dr. Miguel Nicolelis: "Recently, we proposed that Brainets, i.e. networks formed by multiple animal brains, cooperating and exchanging information in real time through direct brain-to-brain interfaces, could provide the core of a new type of computing device: an organic computer. Here, we describe the first experimental demonstration of such a Brainet, built by interconnecting four adult rat brains."

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  1. What could possibly go wrong? by random+coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really! What could possibly go wrong?

    1. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Interesting

      This was covered in a 70's horror filmed called "Willard": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

      Oh, you just can't beat those classics . . .

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  2. Quad core cpu? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    id make a comment about mice being input devices but this is just rediculos

  3. Re:Ethics? by Duhavid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyfour.

    Humor aside,there are serious ethical issues here.

    If an alien race as much above us as we are above rats were to come here and began to use Humans in like manner, how would we react/feel/moralize?

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  4. Re:imagine by Dracos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahem, Beorat cluster.

  5. Re:How long till someone ports Doom? by ameoba · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quake would be a better option. The original Doom had poor mouse support.

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