guardian.co.uk on tumblr

  1. Photo

    | 103 notes
    Scientists have connected the brains of a pair of animals and allowed them to share sensory information in a major step towards what the researchers call the world’s first “organic computer”. The US team fitted two rats with devices called brain-to-brain interfaces that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks to earn rewards, such as a drink of water. Full story here. Photograph: Alamy

    Scientists have connected the brains of a pair of animals and allowed them to share sensory information in a major step towards what the researchers call the world’s first “organic computer”.

    The US team fitted two rats with devices called brain-to-brain interfaces that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks to earn rewards, such as a drink of water.

    Full story here.

    Photograph:

    Alamy

    1. lemonade-taffy reblogged this from pixyled
    2. oneofthepaths reblogged this from guardian
    3. likenlatin reblogged this from guardian and added:
      The implications of this technology on humans is frightening
    4. melodramagically reblogged this from jewlesthemagnificent and added:
      Call me when they can connect me with my cat.
    5. pixyled reblogged this from flapjackstate
    6. flapjackstate reblogged this from guardian and added:
      [image: a rat on a white background].
    7. stjee04 reblogged this from grammarnazimj
    8. occultagendas reblogged this from guardian
    9. annatto60 reblogged this from guardian and added:
      スゴい実験。科学者って容赦ないなあ。
    10. intentionalchaos4us reblogged this from guardian
    11. grammarnazimj reblogged this from quixoticandabsurd and added:
      Simultaneously awesome and terrifying. But I watch too much sci-fi.
    12. progressivefriends reblogged this from nox-aeris
    13. hsegreen reblogged this from guardian
    14. imclaughlin76 reblogged this from forestergirl
    15. uncleulty reblogged this from kateosaur and added:
      This girl. She knows what I’m into. Singularity will occur and I will be ready, suckers!
    16. forestergirl reblogged this from guardian and added:
      *dies*
    17. thisisdenny reblogged this from guardian
    18. thecunningbug reblogged this from nox-aeris
    19. royalxanadu reblogged this from jewlesthemagnificent and added:
      Yes.^^^^
    20. mythen reblogged this from guardian
    21. jewlesthemagnificent reblogged this from welldevelopedfusiformgyrus and added:
      Is anyone else completely creeped the fuck out by this?
    22. rev320productions reblogged this from guardian
    23. welldevelopedfusiformgyrus reblogged this from guardian
    24. boring-old-kirsty reblogged this from guardian
    25. wordpil reblogged this from guardian and added:
      Animal rights
    26. nox-aeris reblogged this from this-is-somestuff
    27. welcometothenichecorner reblogged this from guardian and added:
      The rat singularity It’s happening

About

A selection of stories, photos, quotes, video and audio from guardian.co.uk, curated by James Walsh, Hannah Waldram, Carmen Fishwick and the Guardian's editorial team. We are also editors of the news tag.

People we follow

Stuff we like

Follow Guardian comment on Twitter

    Follow @CommentisFree on Twitter