Rat Neurons Grown On A Computer Chip Fly A Simulated Aircraft - 1 views
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johannessimon81 on 29 May 14This could become quite relevant in future control systems if the setup can be made simple to keep alive and stable. I was doing some follow-up on a story about people controlling aircraft with their brainwaves (through EEG) when I ran into this really cool story. The idea of growing the neurons in patterns is incidentally very similar to the Physarium slime-mold stuff that Dario and me were curious about a little while ago.
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Paul N on 02 Jun 14I think we already had a discussion on this during a wednesday meeting :P
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johannessimon81 on 03 Jun 14Oh, I thought that was on the little robot that was controlled by rat neurons and bumped into EVERYTHING. The interesting thing here is that they add a surface patterning (with some kind of nutrient) to control the growth of cells. (Maybe that is not new either, though.)