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Oct 25, 2004 15:12

The future lies in cyborg rat brains.

This is amazing. These researchers have taken a collection of rat neurons and essentially plugged them into a computer flight simulator. It's learning. It's gotten to the point where it can keep a plane flying stable and on track in most any weather conditions, from fair skies to hurricane-level winds. And ( Read more... )

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wondergurl_77 October 25 2004, 20:10:45 UTC
<3

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infinitemind October 25 2004, 20:16:28 UTC
That must obviously signal your loving support for my excitedness.

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wondergurl_77 October 26 2004, 05:46:05 UTC
yah huhn.

I missed these kinds of posts from Daniel :)

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ruby55 October 26 2004, 06:13:22 UTC
ditto. except i missed them in real life as well.

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slappytanker October 25 2004, 21:02:33 UTC
STRANGE! I *just* got done reading that article before checking the ol' Flist.

Interesting stuff indeed. It'll work (at least in theory) for some ideas I've got that frankly, I think I'll get away with (at least in a novelist sense).

MONKEYS!

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firegypsy October 28 2004, 16:36:38 UTC
HOLY CRAP!!!! I so *knew* my rats could fly planes! Man, the first thing I'm gonna do is make myself a big ass robotic Scorpion Tail, attatched to me via some kind of backpack, and I AM SO TAKIN' OUT SOME BITCHES!!!! *maniacal laughter!* EEEP! Can I control a car? A big ass fucking tank to go and plow down some crappy drivers and dirty hoes? Ohhhh, the excitement made me knock over my chicken and dumplings... Maybe I should get more proficient with my *natural* limbs, first... *doh*

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infinitemind November 9 2004, 10:50:42 UTC
hahah.. i Just noticed this racy little icon.

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