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Worm uploaded into robot body - Cray - 04-25-2015
Scientists have uploaded a worm's brain into a Lego robot.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/tech/mci-lego-worm/index.html
They're going to need to step up the pace to have my Apollo R3000 ready by the time I need a body replacement.
RE: Worm uploaded into robot body - chris0033547 - 04-25-2015
After some discussion about this experiment in January:
http://www.orionsarm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1289
We came to the conclusion that this is basically a partial simulation of a worm's mind but it's not really uploading, because the synaptic weights of an individual worm cannot be read out yet.
RE: Worm uploaded into robot body - Cray - 04-25-2015
D'oh! Missed it.