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**Rockefeller** · 06-20-2009, 06:43 PM

A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer's, University of Reading scientists say.

The project marries 300,000 rat neurons to a robot that navigates via sonar.

The neurons are now being taught to steer the robot around obstacles and avoid the walls of the small pen in which it is kept.

By studying what happens to the neurons as they learn, its creators hope to reveal how memories are laid down...<more>

**copper** · 06-20-2009, 07:08 PM

Here we go.
Matrix coming soon in real life...

**Adatise** · 06-20-2009, 11:55 PM

Wow. Very interesting. That can lead to much more than they dared express! It helps prove the theory that aliens made our human bodies via hominoids, as I truly believe! They will never find the missing link because animals can never evolve to higher creatures!

Thanks

**Onward** · 06-21-2009, 01:08 AM

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**sdsinc** · 06-21-2009, 05:41 AM

Hopefully we can teach him domaining

**Area52** · 06-21-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockefeller

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A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer's, University of Reading scientists say.

The project marries 300,000 rat neurons to a robot that navigates via sonar.

The neurons are now being taught to steer the robot around obstacles and avoid the walls of the small pen in which it is kept.

By studying what happens to the neurons as they learn, its creators hope to reveal how memories are laid down...<more>

Good, maybe they can create a president and congress that will act in our best interest instead of their own.

**draggar** · 06-21-2009, 09:09 AM

That is almost as freaky as those Japanese robotic teachers.

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Originally Posted by copper

Here we go.
Matrix coming soon in real life...

No, that would be using the brain for energy.

It's more like the Borg.

Resistance is Futile.

**south** · 06-21-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sdsinc

Hopefully we can teach him domaining

Pretty sure we already have!

**ecomindia** · 06-21-2009, 12:03 PM

**HarveyJ** · 06-23-2009, 02:39 AM

This is old hat.
Five years ago a cultured rat brain was taught to navigate a fighter air craft.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12...ain_flies_jet/

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