Israeli Researchers Build a Rat Cyborg With a Digital Cerebellum

Skynet....

Agreed... we r going down a slippery slope.

I hope this help people that need it. YEA medical science!

and then.....
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Clone a human and grow it with a small brain. Add a computer synthetic brain with a network computerize interface and we have human robotic cyber wars, creepy.

And we can explore the COSMOS with a human robotic interface too.

Human robotic interfaces will be doing all the dirty and dangerous jobs.

Then the big brain controlling interface or the electronic brain in the human robotics becomes self aware and then the real chaos begins, Bra-haa-haaa.

The thing that is frightening is having synthetic parts being placed inside the human brain that could then be controlled by, individuals, corporations or governments. Or possibly hacked for other shaddy purposes.

This is fantastic, if we just tweaked this research a little bit, and made it more replacing the spinal cord, you could fix so many different diseases..

Also @ SirGrundel and Khughes9478, Guys, this isn't anywhere near making an AI that can think for itself, and I really don't think its possible. It may be able to look like its thinking for itself, but it is always based of off something, so believe it or not, Terminator is Scifi, emphasis on the >>>>>FI<<<<<<

And before you start saying, WELL A LOT OF STUFF FROM SCIFIS ARE ALREADY NORMAL TECH, there are a lot of things that aren't because they are IMPOSSIBLE :D!

Imagine all the illegal immigrants will have a human robotic synthetic replacement. So when the illegal immigrant risk its life to come to USA, it will find a human cyborg doing its dream job. There is a lot of dark alleys this type of science could go.

boka, isn't this already happening with organic brains?

wow. anytime an article mentions robots, AI computers, cyborgs, or UAVs someone says "skynet"
skynet was an AI put in charge of the US nations nuclear weapons. What does that have to do with cyborgs. There was not even a single "cyborg" in the Terminator. something tells me the US will never hook up an autonomous AI into it's nuclear defenses. Yes, MAYBE a UAV will go crazy and attack the wrong target or an AI will hack some computers out of curiosity, but Skynet is not going to happen... ever.
Just like there is ZERO way to turn off the internet, there is zero chance for 1 person, place, or thing (rouge AI) to hijack the entire internet. and since military systems like UAV and spy sats are on CLOSED networks and closed systems, its pointless to even theorize about a Skynet

@boka yeah I agree with torontodude. It happens all the time already with our organic brains. we are all brainwashed every day by the media and other forms of propaganda. Millions of people think Washington really chopped down a cherry tree and millions of people think Columbus discovered America or was the first to reach the north American area (fyi: both are very false) those are massive forms of brain washing that occer on a tiny scale, but when you forked over that money to buy that Back Street Boys CD (I know you did!) then you were brainwashed into thinking they were actually a good band you should spend you money on.

and I think fixing brain injures outweighs the remote possibilities of someone hacking your brain.
people could hack your computer, put child porn on it, and black mail you do what ever they want you to. But it rarely happens! and when it does people get caught, so why would a "comptuer brain" be ANY different?

not skynet, screamers. much better reference. but seriously consider this tech a few generations down the line. so many great n terrible possibilities.

@beefymclovin NOW there is an idea I can get behind. yes! sadly screamers are a much more realistic mishap. Look at some of the smart mines that we are making today. The USA has some CRAZY smart mines that turn them selves on and off, and take out tanks, people, and can even have trip wires, etc. They can do a dozen different things.
Why not make screamers? its something china, Iran, or north Korea would do. much more realistic.

Ever see an automatic weapon get stuck in auto and firing nonstop out of control?

Perhaps some brain with a synthetic electronic interface gets stuck in a cycle or has something equal to a blue screen of death, but its attaché to a brain. What does this do to the human at the time?

What if they grow a brain in a lab or just brain cells and then attaché an electronic interface and computer and use this for some kind of living robotic autonomous satellite defense system and then it goes rogue, communicating to many other satellites and computers on the ground and yes the internet?

Would DARPA or some other governement defense system toy with concept?

Khughes9478,

Best comment by far!

actually all this proves isn't skynet, but another star trek fear is coming true and thats we are becoming more like the borg with every new breakthrough.I i am tech person myself i just dont like the idea of tech being in me.

@mp,

first of all, http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attach%C3%A9

second of all, "Perhaps some brain with a synthetic electronic interface gets stuck in a cycle or has something equal to a blue screen of death"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001714/

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"Do not offer sympathy to the mentally ill.
Tell them firmly:
I am not paid to listen to this drivel.
You are a terminal boob." - William S. Burroughs

B.V.
If you want better spelling and grammar from me, I am onboard with you. I hope you share you links with others. I actually toss my words into a Microsoft Word and try to remove my bad points prior to posting. I do what I can. lol

This technology may help many people with mental issues, sure. I guess you can always associate it with a heart pace maker; yes it can dysfunction, but the electronics helps too.

My mother could not legally drive because of her epilepsy. Imagine having this device attaché to your brain and then you cause a car accident. In this case was it the driver at fault or the manufacture of their electronic brain device? Lots of complications can come into play.

actually the terminator is a cyborg, granted, mostly a robot...researchers envision a future where hardware has added biology and humans have added hardware and eventually how do you tell the difference (human/robot convergence)...the DOD (and others) are researching how to prevent the terminator scenario from becoming reality...shouldn't that tell you something if the military is afraid, cheers

I like to nominate some of the POPSCI brains logins to this science project.

First on my list is boka. Just look at that shinny head. You trust know there must be a big apple in that moggan.

Second brain to donate would be Shakoukousha. Simply because he has lots to say and I feel this future generation robot would be such a chatter box.

I would like to donate my brain. It is with great hope with future electronics attaché to my brain I can actually learn to spell and use grammar much better.

Inaka_rob would be a good brain to use too. He is in many ways like Shakoukousha, but if you piss him off he can really rant and cuss you out. I like to call this our special effect electronic brain.

Well if we had the opportunity to enhance B.V. brain, I feel a new world order would follow with the gigantic fathom of factual commentaries that would follow.

And to add electronics to drchuck1, well since he has become a nicer and gentler chuck lately, I can only see good things about this and I hope he uses his new super powers well and continue to be kind to others.

To all of you, I am just joking around a little and I do not mean to offend anyone. Take care. Smile! ;)

@mp...nice, quite an imagination you have, i did get carried away fighting off the trolls, unfortunately, doing so made me into a troll, Cyborgs are the Future! cheers

long live skynet!!

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

imagine someone making a copy of Einstein's brains and putting it into a cyborg. the ultimate being.

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

Psst, psst! JediMindset, Einstein was a cyborg dude. Just check the FBI Planet X files; it’s all there. Part Einstein, part donated outer space electronic technology. Woa! ;)

@mp
that makes sense. they did say his brain was very different than a normal humans brain. maybe Aliens experimented on him.

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The people of the world only divide into two kinds, One sort with brains who hold no religion, The other with religion and no brain.

- Abu-al-Ala al-Marri

One day in the future, maybe some of us will have interface ports on our skull and brain to attaché to a computer for various reasons.

First come the rats, then monkeys, then HUMANS!

Clone humans and replace the brains with electronic chips and you get perfect soldiers. (Cheaper to build than robots.) Then amass large clone armies. But be careful of those guys with the light-up swords. They don't play fair.

-Just a 'bot that is hot in a 'lectronic world.