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Mr.Buttocks · **Rat brains fly planes -** 01-02-2006, 04:35 PM

[quote:bf80d]It sounds like science fiction: a brain nurtured in a Petri dish learns to pilot a fighter plane as scientists develop a new breed of "living" computer. But in groundbreaking experiments in a Florida laboratory that is exactly what is happening.

The "brain", grown from 25,000 neural cells extracted from a single rat embryo, has been taught to fly an F-22 jet simulator by scientists at the University of Florida.[/quote:bf80d]

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Mr.Buttocks is Offline Major General Posts: 12,924 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Continent of Africa	Rat brains fly planes - 01-02-2006, 04:35 PM [quote:bf80d]It sounds like science fiction: a brain nurtured in a Petri dish learns to pilot a fighter plane as scientists develop a new breed of "living" computer. But in groundbreaking experiments in a Florida laboratory that is exactly what is happening. The "brain", grown from 25,000 neural cells extracted from a single rat embryo, has been taught to fly an F-22 jet simulator by scientists at the University of Florida.[/quote:bf80d] 0w95vn0uu ihfjhfhfhdfhjfhfhurl=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/06/1102182227308.html?rats]..... oOo: oOo: oOo: re.[/url]