Rise of the rat-brained robots

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"This is no ordinary robot control system - a plain old microchip connected to a circuit board. Instead, the controller nestles inside a small pot containing a pink broth of nutrients and antibiotics. Inside that pot, some 300,000 rat neurons have made - and continue to make - connections with each other."



http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926696.100-rise-of-the-ratbrained-robots.html