All this High Tech Bonedome stuff is very interesting ... but a little scary to say the least ... OK it may be a bit crude to suggest future FJ Pilots have a USB Port grafted to the back of their heads ... but there again ...
I remember reading this article at the time (2004) and thinking how scary
Florida scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to fly a fighter plane.
Scientists at the university of Florida taught the 'brain', which was grown from 25,000 neural cells extracted from a rat embryo, to pilot an F-22 jet simulator. It was taught to control the flight path, even in mock hurricane-strength winds.
The Register Rat Brain Pilot
So the tech has for sure progressed ... and I'm guessing it won't be too long before data can be feed the other way direct to the Brain without going via the Mk 1 eyeball
On a lighter note ... "25,000 neurones" ... That rules me out as I'm down to about 5 after the Rugby this weekend
Coff.