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Robot with a rat brain

Read more: http://technology.newscient... This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells. Footage courtesy Reading University  
 
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lwanatt (3 hours ago) Show Hide
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isnt this more of a rat with a robot body than a robot with rat brain?
eamonnteh (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Cool then they should have cultured our brain cells lol....
boorens18 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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@eamonnteh LOL are u crazy? It may be justifiable once you actually take a look at it. But knowing politics and media frenzy, imagine tomorrows headline,

"HUMAN BRAINS POWERING MACHINES"

Omg the ignorant half of the population would be whipped up into a frenzy like that. They'd all make the simple oversight you yourself made lol and not actually see how its done. They'd picture actual people getting carved. And once a controversy starts in politics..It doesnt go away.
eamonnteh (1 day ago) Show Hide
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well I am sure gonna be the most intelligent robots ever made =D
eamonnteh (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Well I don't know much how would effect the world .....
boorens18 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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@eamonnteh lol nvm I dont think you got what I was saying. I was saying if they tried to culture human brain tissue, a bunch of fundamentalist crazy groups would start protesting because people would over-stretch the issue. People would say it was immoral. I wasnt saying this would have a major effect scientifically. (though it could)
eamonnteh (1 day ago) Show Hide
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Ooh well then wasn't a good idea after all =D
hobolikespie11 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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ill dontate me brain i be a robot car
BllueJeeper (3 days ago) Show Hide
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lets try it with your moms brain
OnceForAll (3 days ago)
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