The Age has a syndicated article about some researchers who’ve managed to get rat brain cells in a petri dish to fly a flight simulator.
They hope their research into neural computation will help them develop sophisticated hybrid computers, with a thinking biological component…It is also hoped that the research will provide the basis for developing new drugs to treat brain diseases such as epilepsy.
Of course, the military isn’t too far away from this one - wedged between the above two sentances describing notable goals
for humanity is the following:
One target is to install living computers in unmanned aircraft so they can be deployed on missions too dangerous for humans.
It’s not laser beams in space -
