A world's first, this groundbreaking 'frankenrobot' runs on a creepy animal's brain

[AleksandarN]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080813/health/science_health_neurobiology_brain_robots

Meet Gordon, probably the world's first robot controlled exclusively by living brain tissue

 

[Bricklayer]

That's just a...wow. Inevitable. But a wow.

 

[Warhawk]

That's just a...wow. Inevitable. But a wow.

Yep - Skynet is not far behind....

 

[GoGoGadget]

"Living brain tissue" definitely sounds better than "cultured rat neurons."

"Cultured rat neurons" both grosses me out, and provides the amusing image of a robot who loves the opera but can't stop chewing the program.

 

[captain bill]

this gives hope to my dream that my consciousness will be transferred into robot form before i die. they just need to invent a machine 100,000 times more complex before then. i basically live on the internet anyways, why waste space with a body to keep my brain alive?

 

[Bricklayer]

they just need to invent a machine 100,000 times more complex before then.

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Do not see the problem -- they already have a petri dish full of rat neurons, think that should about cover it...

 

[Gary]

Not to bring "god" into this but people say that animals have "souls". Since the robot is living, and learning from mistakes this mean it has a soul, and is aware?

 

[AyeCarly]

 

[VF21]

"Living brain tissue" definitely sounds better than "cultured rat neurons."

"Cultured rat neurons" both grosses me out, and provides the amusing image of a robot who loves the opera but can't stop chewing the program.

Sometimes your mind amazes, entertains and amuses - all at the same time.

 

[kennadog]

"Cultured rat neurons" both grosses me out, and provides the amusing image of a robot who loves the opera but can't stop chewing the program.

Now that is funny, LOL!

 

[Warhawk]

Sometimes your mind amazes, entertains and amuses - all at the same time.

Agreed.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Luckily for me, it's pretty hard to go wrong with rat humor.

 

[kennadog]

Luckily for me, it's pretty hard to go wrong with rat humor.

We'll see if rats appreciate the humor, after they've taken over the world.

 

[Prophetess]

don't you know we're all part of the experiment of the pan-dimensional beings disguised as white mice?