Scientists from the university of Reading have created a simple wheeled robot with distance sensors that is controlled wirelessly by a network of cells from a rat’s brain. The sensor data is fed to the neurons which reside in a nutrient/antibiotic solution - the cells output is then transmitted to the ‘body’ as control commands. The images in the above video make it all look surprisingly simple

On BBC news

On New Scientist

At first I thought it had somehow become April Fools Day and nobody told me.

But you can actually watch a video of this. (YouTube)

Seems a bit unclear as to how exactly things interfaced but interesting reading nonetheless.   As someone interested in electronics, this is quite fascinating.  The discovery will lead to all sorts of mind/machine interfaces.  Just think of what they can come up with…

P.S.  Just joking about the president’s brain.   Rat brain cells are larger and much easier to find.