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Scientists Put the Brain of a Worm Into a Robot… and It MOVED

This robot contains the digitized brain of a worm, and without any outside input it just… works! Here’s what this could mean for the future of AI.

This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts — https://youtu.be/yxUkUaV2VPs

Thumbnail image courtesy of OpenWorm, Wormbase, and Caltech.

Scientists Put a Worm Brain in a Lego Robot Body — And It Worked
http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-put-worm-brain-in-leg…connectome
“The ultimate goal of the project was to completely replicate C. elegans as a virtual organism. But as an amazing starting point, they managed to simulate its brain, and then they uploaded that into a simple Lego robot.”

These Robots Merge Their Nervous Systems Into a Single Megabot
https://www.seeker.com/tech/robotics/these-robots-merge-thei…le-megabot
“A group of small robots have taken teamwork to the next level, physically connecting and merging their nervous systems to become a single megabot with one “brain.” Researchers describe the robots and their “mergeable nervous system” in a paper published in the latest issue of Nature Communications.”

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Vigil for Kashmir in New York City

“” India says we have not killed anyone in Kashmir, and we say you killed over 70,000 people over the past 30 years!!” — Tanveer Mir.

Kashmiris from New York and neighboring states organized a vigil in Times Sqaure on October 27th to mark 72 years of brutal Indian occupation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. #standwithkashmir “

#standwithKashmir