The new innovations that were made recently at the University of Reading, Paris have undoubtedly paved way to prove the century long demarcation between natural and artificial intelligence to be just a mere concept of no value in the future. Scientists of the University have developed a robot "Gordon", the first robot ever to be controlled exclusively by living brain tissue made out of preserved rat neurons.Gordon's brain is composed of 50,000 to 100,000 active neurons!
Gordon is perhaps, a milestone in the area of artificial intelligence which can aid in study of fundamental building blocks of memory and learning - which have always puzzled scientists. Observing how the brain tissue communicates by sending electrical impulses can be helpful to tackle the problems of brain tissues like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The robot has no human or computer control and completely works on its own, making science-fiction writers' dreams come true.
