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[B]You may have to think about this one a bit longer.
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Scientists at Tel Avive University claim to have implanted a "robotic cerebellum" into the skull of a rat with brain damage. The cerebellum, which is responsible for coordinating movement, effectively restored the animal's ability to move.
The implanted chip was designed to mimic natural neuronal activity. "It's a proof of the concept that we can record information from the brain, analyze it in a way similar to the biological network, and then return it to the brain," said Matti Mintz, who recently presented his research at the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence meeting in Cambridge, UK.
Mintz explained that the artificial brain was tested by teaching the brain-damaged rat to blink whenever they sounded a particular tone. According to the scientists, the rat could only blink when the robotic cerebellum was active.
In the future, the researchers hope that the "robo-cerebellum" could lead to electronic implants that replace damaged tissues in the human brain. [/quote]
Source: [url]http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/09/27/roborat-israelis-create-rodent-with-robot-brain/[/url]
Havent seen it on the forums sorry if late.
Robits are going to take over.
It begins. More machine then man, deus ex, matrix, android invasion, terminator etc.
There, now noone has to say it again.
On a side note, this is pretty fucking cool
Let's hope they manage to fix any potential rejection issues, since the body sometimes rejects foreign materials.
[QUOTE=taipan;32650369]Mandatory:
I didnt ask for this.[/QUOTE]Squeak squeak squeak for this.
[QUOTE=ironman17;32650528]Let's hope they manage to fix any potential rejection issues, since the body sometimes rejects foreign materials.[/QUOTE]I can see where this is going.
Yes, I know we're thinking about that immunodepressant Neuropozyne. But we can only hope that someone makes an implant that prevents implant rejection, "minifacturing" the required anti-rejection chemical within the body from basic organic materials.
[QUOTE=ironman17;32650612]Yes, I know we're thinking about that immunodepressant Neuropozyne. But we can only hope that someone makes an implant that prevents implant rejection, "minifacturing" the required anti-rejection chemical within the body from basic organic materials.[/QUOTE]
Someone played Deus Ex.
Well to be fair I haven't gotten Human Revolution yet, but i've read up on the lore plenty. I like reading up on lore and stuff, it's cool. Though I have played the original Deus Ex, but I don't seem to have a copy on my Steam. I should rectify that soon.
It's fun, get it.
I still can't comprehend the magnitude of this.
It's such a big leap for medical technology... I didn't think I something like this would be even scratched at in my lifetime.
From the new scientist article.
[quote]Such implants will be vastly more complex, but Sepulveda says the challenges aren't insurmountable. "It will likely take us [b]several decades[/b] to get there, but my bet is that specific, well-organised brain parts such as the hippocampus or the visual cortex will have synthetic correlates before the end of the century."[/quote]
Don't expect this technology any time soon. This is just a proof of concept.
It's impressive, but not as impressive as some people make it out to be.
We've had sensor stabilizers and readers that can amplify or restore certain senses (anyone remember that chip implant in the tongue that helps you see?), we've had small robots with dynamic movement redirection depending on whether they hit an object, the Kinect is an /entertainment product/ that can do optical identification of objects, and at least 1 year ago people simulated a cat brain.
Of course it's another thing to put this all together without incompatibilities with the body's framework, so that's a step forward and I definitely don't want to rob them of that achievement. But a lot of pioneering has been done before they could build on.
On the matter of implant rejection, I wouldn't worry that much about it (if everything fails, spider silk). CNTs have revived dreams of nanites and durable organic materials synthesized by host bodies and HIV research is working on the cloak that prevents the virus from being detected. Scale it up and get it to work and you can trick your body into thinking everything's fine. I'm personally more concerned about battery life and whether there's compact technology available that can work with the body's natural energy currency, ATP.
In any case I'm fairly optimistic regarding the actual development speed. There's some pretty amazing tech on its way that can help almost any practical branch of science. Or at least I want to believe that CNTs will change the world. Nothing they can't do.
I wouldnt want to have a chip that could control me in my head.
I knew I'd witness the rise of transhumanism in my lifetime!
I love science!
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;32651146]I love sience.[/QUOTE]
I prefer science.
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;32651231]I prefer science.[/QUOTE]
thanks for the hint.
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;32651231]I prefer science.[/QUOTE]
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Does science involve making cheap augmentation knock-offs?
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Please
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What
I for one will welcome our new robot rat overlords.
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Does science involve making cheap augmentation knock-offs?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;32651414]What[/QUOTE]
It'll bite us in the ass one day.
[editline]6th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;32651437]I for one will welcome our new robot rat overlords.[/QUOTE]
You're supposed to be our emperor, why do you always welcome new overlords?! :v:
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