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marcus
Oct26-04, 08:32 AM
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041022104658.htm

a few thousand individual cells, rat neurons, placed on a Petri dish with 60 built-in electrodes, spontaneously connect themselves to form a neural network which is capable of controling things*
and modifying its behavior as a result of feedback.

*controling things means controling an aircraft flight simulator (T. DeMarse at U. Florida) or a small mobile robot (S. Potter at Georgia Tech).

There may already be thread about this, since there was a Georgia Tech release about it over a year ago. Anybody remember?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030428082503.htm

NoTime
Oct26-04, 10:15 PM
Once more science fiction becomes reality :bugeye:

Ivan Seeking
Oct26-04, 11:31 PM
Oh great. The next thing you know we will have robots digging through the garbage and crawling through the walls.

Really though, quite amazing; and a little scary.