Guest mikew5th Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 http://en.vidivodo.com/188787/first-cyborg-of-the-world A cyborg , also known as a cybernetic organism, is a being with both biological and artificial (e.g. electronic, mechanical or robotic) parts. By this definition anyone with a pacemaker or an artificial limb would be a cyborg. But this is some serious shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest underscore Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 viral marketing for continuation of season 1 caprica early next year imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 this made me sad . . it looks terrified! what a nightmare that would be. we have become the villains from our own science fiction . . it also calls mortality into question. how long can you keep a brain alive in isolation? longer than a whole body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 the video said 3 months, a/d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skotosa Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 WOOOOOOOOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 this made me sad . . it looks terrified! what a nightmare that would be. we have become the villains from our own science fiction . . it also calls mortality into question. how long can you keep a brain alive in isolation? longer than a whole body? the video mentioned that the rat brains only survive for about three months each, so they've been replacing them. if they find a way to store the old "memories" of the previous brains when the new tissue takes over*, they could have some cyborg zombie rat brain kickassery going down in the lab. *no idea how that'd work or what i'm talking about in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scrambled Ears Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 its just a remote control car with stupid music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 thats disturbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 it looks terrified! project much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricky Downtown Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 so they just kill those rats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 if you've never killed a rat in the name of progress you don't know what you're missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beatfanatic Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 reminds me of White Teeth by Zadie Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posture Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 It's time to put on some fear factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skotosa Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 The Brain is from Rat Tissue thats grown in lab. More google will get you more answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 thanks guys. i'm wondering how long it CAN be done for. i wonder if it's comparable to or longer than its ordinary lifespan, if we direct our resources into promoting long life for brains in suspension. 24orange, of course i'm projecting! but it looks just like a rat trying to hide to me. there's something pathetic about it in that body, like it's straining against its limitations. i'm a big sad face ): i have to say, the technology is amazing. in the long run maybe it means no more paralysis in humans, or KRANGS. i would love to see krangs running around in my lifetime!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 hell yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 that rat car already responds to stimulus faster than i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Apparently this happened in 2009... creepy stuff. I felt kind of disturbed watching it. There's all sorts of great potential there, but also scary potential. Imagine being trapped like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 how does it learn? How does it take the responses from the sensory thing and translate that to the brain in a way that gives it motivation to, for example, not run into things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I saw no more than 20 seconds of that but its just a remote control car with stupid music seems about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pennywise Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 how does it see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 how does it learn? How does it take the responses from the sensory thing and translate that to the brain in a way that gives it motivation to, for example, not run into things. this is a very good question, I googled several articles about this and still don't have a clue...how does a thin film of fetal rat brain cells make any sort of coherent thought or process data...no visual cortex right? It probably just shocks the little blob every time it runs into a wall, simple aversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 http://www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/motherboard/motherboard-tv-the-cyborg-2 check this documentary, much, much more interesting than that shitty minute long video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 fucking lol it's not a whole transplanted rats brain into a robot. If we could do that it'd be major major news (that's double major) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 When it solves a crime, then I'll care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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