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CRAZY (Rat-brain in dish flying aircraft)

Postby ChrisOquist » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:56 am

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Cortical cells from a rat's brain were encouraged to "reconnect" in a petri dish and subsequently began flying flight sims!!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/11/02/brain.dish/index.html


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Re: CRAZY (Rat-brain in dish flying aircraft)

Postby zcottovision » Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:53 am

Ah, but can they perform an NDB approach with visibility under a mile and a nasty crosswind and an engine failure? :P
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Re: CRAZY (Rat-brain in dish flying aircraft)

Postby chomp_rock » Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:30 pm

Ah, but can they perform an NDB approach with visibility under a mile and a nasty crosswind and an engine failure? :P


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Re: CRAZY (Rat-brain in dish flying aircraft)

Postby zcottovision » Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:41 pm

Sure, but my aircraft will not be in one piece when it touches the ground.......  ;D
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Re: CRAZY (Rat-brain in dish flying aircraft)

Postby beefhole » Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:38 pm

Well, if they had to play one game, it might as well be a flight sim....  ;D
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