Awesome Tech: Dog Brain in a Dish Plays Quake 3: Arena
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Paul Miller writes over on Engadget:
Don't get all PETA on us, we're just the messenger, but a University of Texas scientist has grown a living "brain" in a petri dish using 50,000 nerve cells from a dog.More here.
We're sure there are many noble things to be done with a brain in a dish, but this scientist has instead opted for a bit of Quake 3: Arena. Sure, he says it's all about "how the brain makes decisions based on enormous amounts of real time information," so that "we can design adaptable computer systems capable of better pattern recognition."
But we know he just wanted a better alternative to getting completely pwned in Online multiplayer. The brain is hooked up to the game via 120 electrodes, and while at first the neurons in the dish are separate and unconnected, over time they start to naturally form connections and fragging like only a brain in a dish can. Be sure to check videos of the Quake 3 action, which track the progress from 4 hours of learning all the way to 9 days of learning.
posted by Fergie @ 6/17/2006 05:35:00 PM
2 Comments:
Do you actually read these things before you blog about them? It was a fairly obvious hoax.
Does it really matter? It is/was highly entertaining, regardless. :-)
- ferg
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