"... as the neurons begin to receive information from the computer about flight conditions—similar to how neurons receive and interpret signals from each other to control our bodies—the brain gradually learns to fly the aircraft."Rat brain cells flying a simulated aircraft?! From a petri-dish?! Sweet Jenkins, this might as well be the first "rat" to fly an aircraft! What's next? Trans-continental rat pilots?! Yes, said National Geographic's article, this type of technology can be developed for things such as flying pilot-less aircraft, or handle tasks that are dangerous to humans like rescue missions or bomb assessment situations. This technology can also help NASA in exploring alien planets too, as they currently have to calculate immense amounts of code just to drive the mechanical explorers a few feet a day. With a brain on board, there wouldn't be a need for teams to manually translate movement to computer code everyday.
Our future:
"Neural network research may be setting the stage for the creation of so-called hybrid computers based on biological systems. [Although] silicon-based computers are very accurate and fast at processing some kinds of information, they have none of the flexibility of the human brain."Brains in our machines! BRAINNS! Imagine the possibilities! The Jetsons, iRobot! And what if they turn against us? There are murmurs out there that the 3 laws of Robotics (devised by Isaac Asimov for our protection) can be bent. In fact, last month it is found that robots can evolve abilities to lie- even when they are originally not designed to. (Read more about this @ PopSci)
Well, if things do get out of control and humanity is on the brink of complete domination by mind-machines, let's engineer a virus called "Hordes of Zombies" and release it upon them mind-machines! Nom nom nom. Brains.
Ma why is there a head sitting there staring at me?
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