Rat Brain Flies Jet

[suicidal_monkey]

Florida scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to fly a fighter plane...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/07/rat_brain_flies_jet/
 :blink:


The age of cybernetics and organic computing. Oh yes.  


...There's a light at the end of the tunnel! ...Let's just hope it's not a train!

[Phog]

A few questions then:

Would it have the natural instincts of a rat?

Would you class it as a rat?

Could we have little rats flying fighter jets into war to minimize human loss at war?
 :lol:

[DogMeat]

Pfft.  Round Redditch, single-celled amoeba drive cars...

D "yes, I am on a big TANGOing bike you blind TANGOwit" M

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by DogMeat@Dec 8 2004, 07:21 PM
Pfft. Round Redditch, single-celled amoeba drive cars...

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:lmfao:

[brass]

Originally posted by DogMeat@Dec 8 2004, 07:21 PM
Pfft. Round Redditch, single-celled amoeba drive cars...

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That says it all. Brilliant. :lmfao:  :lmfao:

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by suicidal_monkey@Dec 8 2004, 05:16 PM
Florida scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to fly a fighter plane...

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Nothing new. I flew with plenty of them when I was in the RAF  :devil: