X-Message-Number: 30533 From: Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:21:23 EST Subject: brain in petri dish I'm surprised that John appears to believe this. The article names an alleged researcher, but this sounds so absurd that I would be astonished beyond measure if it were true. R.E. In a message dated 2/25/2008 6:02:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: Scientists at the university of Florida taught the 'brain', which was grown from 25,000 neural cells extracted from a rat embryo, to pilot an F-22 jet simulator. It was taught to control the flight path, even in mock hurricane-strength winds. more on http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/07/rat_brain_flies_jet/ **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30533