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RDRickster
4th Nov 2004, 12:08
Because even rat brains have the ability to fly fixed-wing aircraft (this is just for fun, guys)...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/02/brain.dish/index.html

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.When linked up to an F-22 jet flight simulator, the brain and the simulator established a two-way connection similar to how neurons receive and interpret signals from each other to control our bodies.

Gradually the brain learnt to control the flight of the plane based on the information it received about flight conditions.People (and now animals) fly airplanes. Pilots fly helicopters! :p :D :O :} :ok: