| Frankenrobot |
 World's first robot with a biological brain Fri, 15 August 2008 Artificial intelligence not so artificial...
 Introducing...Frankenrobot! Gordon, as the robot has been named, is being used to explore the fundamental building blocks of memory and learning, according to one of the researchers.
"Observing how the nerve cells cohere into a network as they fire off electrical impulses, he said, may also help scientists combat neurodegenerative diseases that attack the brain such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Gordon, with his brain made up of cultured rat neurons, is able to learn by habit. His 'brain' is housed in a special temperature-controlled unit, which is controlled via Bluetooth. Through this robot, scientists are much closer to determining how memories are actually stored in a biological brain.
"If we can understand some of the basics of what is going on in our little model brain, it could have enormous medical spinoffs," he said." - SMH
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