October 24, 2004

Rat brain cells learn to fly plane

From Wired News (via Slashdot), scientists in Florida have taken cells from a rat's brain, grown them in a petri-dish, hooked them up to electrodes and taught them to fly an F-22. Somewhere in the world, some animal rights activists are desperately trying to get their brains around how they're going to justify being against this.

Posted by nlvp at October 24, 2004 10:08 PM
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If terrorists can manage it then it stands to reason that more advanced life forms can as well.

Posted by: Incandenza at October 26, 2004 11:05 AM

In a similar experiment in Florida, scientists were said to have aborted experiments after the cell cultures had exhibited a distinct lack of interest in learning how to land the simulated aircraft.

Posted by: Nicolas at November 4, 2004 10:25 PM
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