Scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish

[DaveDragon]

Scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to pilot an F-22 jet simulator

http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/travoltas-pilot-assistant-almost-ready-to-go/

[cfell]

ahhh. that's where I left it!

Interesting ... especially the Dalai Lama's comment....

[andy]

Scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to pilot an F-22 jet simulator

http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/travoltas-pilot-assistant-almost-ready-to-go/

Very interesting. I still feel MUCH safer as long as *I* hold the stick though.

[the_rocketman]

Well actually all it does is provide signals to keep the airplane on a level flight path which is a far cry from it 'flying" the plane. Not that that is any less amazing, but some of the reports I think went a little overboard in their presentations of the events, but then sensationalism does sell news, like anything else.

here is a somewhat more realistic report of the work, note they have "digested" the information some, whereas many of the reporting news agencies all pretty much quoted verbatim the information provided. I read about a half dozen that all read the same almost to a word.

Interesting too that this was back in 2004, I wonder what’s developed since then. I'll have to look around some more now that my curiosity is peeked

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6573-brain-cells-in-a-dish-fly-fighter-plane.html

RM

[patroa1]

It's running for President.... can we say ... Hillary!!!

[meese]

It's running for President.... can we say ... Hillary!!!Might as well run, it's got more intelligence than the git that's currently in office. :)