| The California Institute of Technology has | | | | However one must consider other brains. For |
| been working with a brain implant called | | | | flying jet aircraft you certainly would not |
| autonomous micro-drive that moves electrons | | | | wish to use rat cells if the aircraft or |
| around in the brain as it searches for strong | | | | compartment with the rat brain cells were |
| neural signals. The scientists successfully | | | | pressurized at 10,000 ft like an airliner. |
| implanted a brain prosthesis in a dish of rat | | | | The rats normally do not live that high? So |
| brain slices and a similar array of rat brain | | | | then would you want a brain cells of llama, |
| cells was able to fly a virtual F-22 fighter | | | | which can live up at Machu Picchu altitudes? |
| jet. This is interesting because learning to | | | | Or would you wish to use the brain cells of |
| fly a F-22 takes years of training and costs | | | | an Eagle, Condor or Swift? After all these |
| The US Military millions. So if a half a rat | | | | brain cells will be flying a plane right? |
| brain can do this? Well then so much for the | | | | They will be use to the gyrations of motion |
| Tom Cruise Glory of the Fighter Pilot? We all | | | | and speed, changing barometric pressure |
| know that the fighter pilot of the future is | | | | rapidly after all evolution has made them |
| quickly becoming obsolete with the | | | | this way right? In the case of a hand |
| innovations in UAV Technology.As Computer | | | | launched UAV, perfect indeed, that is |
| Human Interface for Controlling Aircraft | | | | basically what a bird does all day anyway. |
| becomes more prevalent we are seeing issues | | | | Flies in concentric circles and looks for |
| with response times, runway incursions and | | | | food, then swoops it. So those brains are |
| target affixation issues due to visual | | | | perfectly made for this right? Some might say |
| perception overload. If it were only a video | | | | for this effort why not just hire the damn |
| game it would not be so critical, but | | | | bird and pay it in food like the Indians and |
| crashing 30 to 80 million-dollar piece of | | | | their falcons? Makes sense, find insurgents |
| hardware because you lost your concentration | | | | tell us were they are by circling twice and |
| is not in the tax payers best interest. | | | | do a couple of loop to loops and get some |
| Crashing when your mind is stuck on another | | | | juicy tri-tip raw steak? Now that is one |
| thought is too costly to contemplate. must | | | | happy birdbrain? And you get the rest of the |
| also consider issues with which brain to use? | | | | organism for free? |
| Today we are using in test rat brain cells. | | | | |