UF SCIENTIST: “BRAIN” IN A DISH ACTS AS AUTOPILOT, LIVING COMPUTER

University of Florida ^ | 10/21/2004 | Carolyn Gramling

[pierrem15]

Amazing. "All your rat brains are belong to us."

Finally, an appropriate use for the Democratic voter.

[July 4th]

Excellent. Such technology will be necessary for the full implementation of Skynet.

[Porterville]

By the time I die, I won't have to.

Just down load my thoughts through and network of neurons into a new brain.... the future is now and it's freaky.

[Lockbar]

[pierrem15]

Gives new meaning to the phrase, "Head up display"

More seriously, I keep reading about more and more experiments like this, and I wonder how long it will be before we can just plug ourselves into the 'net or some computer/machine interface.

Sort of a combination of the holodeck/matrix/borg cube.

[RichInOC]

NEURON SAMPLE X-22: PINKY, ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I'M PONDERING?
NEURON SAMPLE X-23: I THINK SO, BRAIN...BUT HOW CAN WE FLY TO WASHINGTON AND TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY IF WE'RE STUCK IN THESE STUPID DISHES?

[Eepsy]

Wasn't there an SF story where they used cat brains to fly space ships, because of their quick reflexes?

(No, they didn't hurt the cats, they just gave them special helmets)

[martin_fierro]

Though the ”brain” can successfully control a flight simulation program, more elaborate applications are a long way off, DeMarse said.

Got me beat (I *cannot* land that 747 on that carrier).

[Fiddlstix]

Help! Help! A democRAT brain is flying the airplane!
(Stop! I wanna get off!)

[nevergore]

NeverGore :^)

[WestTexasWend]

"(Rat brains) may someday be used to fly small unmanned airplanes or handle tasks that are dangerous for humans, such as search-and-rescue missions or bomb damage assessments."

Tough work...but I guess it beats sitting around a lab growing tumors.

[JRandomFreeper]

Just down load my thoughts through and network of neurons into a new brain

My third ex-wife has threatened a lawsuit to keep me from doing that. Something about the ultimate internet worm..... ;>)

/john

[Dallas59]

[USF]

mark for later

[martin_fierro]

UF SCIENTIST: “BRAIN” IN A DISH ACTS AS AUTOPILOT, LIVING COMPUTER

Q: What does it eat?

A: Brain food.

[ArmyBratCutie]

abby normal??
HAHAHHAHHAAHHA

how do they get it to fly the plane?? yell at it??

[ScottFromSpokane]

"The “brain” -- a collection of 25,000 living neurons, or nerve cells, taken from a rat’s brain and cultured inside a glass dish--..."

...has announced that it is endorsing John Kerry for President.

[kitkat]

Two days ago I got to thinking about a Sci-Fi book I read maybe twenty-five years ago. Today, this article has me laughing. The book was about a jet with a human brain attached. It happened to be a woman's brain. The pilot fell in love with her. There was no sequel so I never found out how their romance worked out.

[weenie]

A little voice deep inside of me said, "uh-oh, here it comes."

[Avenger]

I bet the either the scientist or the author of this article hyped things up a bit. Here's a very basic question that the article completely ignores: what sort of mechanism are they using to reward the neural network so that it knows when it is doing good and when it is doing bad? I don't think rat neurons naturally gain pleasure from flying jets.