The Brain Controlled RatCar, or the First Still From the Live Action Pinky and the Brain Movie
Author: Kyle VanHemert
Date Written: 4/10/10
A group of researchers at Tokyo university have made a device which they call the "RatCar". It works thanks to electordes which they have planted right into the motor cortex of the rats. It was hard to teach to rodents to use the RatCar. First they had to have the rats run around with the vehicle attached to them but with the engine turned off. They placed sensors on both the rats and the cars. Then they observed those and programmed the cars to respond accordingly. Then six out of eight rats were able to control the RatCars. Unforunetaly the question still remains how much control the rats actually have over the RatCars.
This could be a pretty cool invention especially if it gets used on people in the future. But as I mentioned, these devices haven't necessarily been proved to work as hoped and need to be tested and improved more.
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