Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps 289
missb writes "Brain tissue cultured from rats has controlled a wheeled robot around a lab, according to New Scientist this week. Researchers in the UK have harnessed signals from thousands of disembodied rat neurons, and manipulated them to get a robot to respond to instructions. The team at the University of Reading in the UK hope their research will help provide treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's and epilepsy."
Re:That outcome is very much exaggerated. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Rat-Brained overlords (Score:5, Informative)
Just because White Man's Science has yet to be stricken down by the angered Old Gods doesn't mean it won't.
Re:Rat-Brained overlords (Score:3, Informative)
Nothing, because... (Score:3, Informative)
Nothing, because rats do not like cheese [curdnerds.com].