They've built a robot controlled by a rat's brain cells. The brain cells are contained INSIDE the robot, and have learned to move it around its pen. Ummm, I wonder how long before they can transplant human brains into robots? It just goes to prove that science fiction of yesterday is the reality of today. Oofda ( Read more... )

thomryng posted this on his LJ, and I *just* had to repost....


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This is absolutely great. Keith Olbermann totally rips into the politician debacle of the New Orleans disaster, and goes w/ my previous post on how Media is Finally Getting a Spine

http://media.putfile.com/OlbermannSwings

For some time, I have stayed away from the news, esp. during the Bush administration, because of the "fawning" of the US media over a president that can't seem to do his job. Was it the spin doctors? The political pressure on news corps? It made looking at the news unbearable ( Read more... )