djsusm
11-07-2004, 10:50 AM
Not sure if this thread falls under "Hardware" but didn't know where else to put it :)
'Brain' in dish flies flight simulator (http://cnn.technology.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+%27Brain%27+in+a+dish+flies+flight%A0simulator+-+Nov+4%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=12174447&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FTECH%2F11%2F02%2Fbrain.dish%2Findex.html&partnerID=2016)
(CNN) -- A Florida scientist has developed a "brain" in a glass dish that is capable of flying a virtual fighter plane and could enhance medical understanding of neural disorders such as epilepsy.
The "living computer" was grown from 25,000 neurons extracted from a rat's brain and arranged over a grid of 60 electrodes in a Petri dish.
The brain cells then started to reconnect themselves, forming microscopic interconnections, said Thomas DeMarse, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Florida.
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'Brain' in dish flies flight simulator (http://cnn.technology.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+%27Brain%27+in+a+dish+flies+flight%A0simulator+-+Nov+4%2C+2004&expire=-1&urlID=12174447&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FTECH%2F11%2F02%2Fbrain.dish%2Findex.html&partnerID=2016)
(CNN) -- A Florida scientist has developed a "brain" in a glass dish that is capable of flying a virtual fighter plane and could enhance medical understanding of neural disorders such as epilepsy.
The "living computer" was grown from 25,000 neurons extracted from a rat's brain and arranged over a grid of 60 electrodes in a Petri dish.
The brain cells then started to reconnect themselves, forming microscopic interconnections, said Thomas DeMarse, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Florida.
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