Comments on: Rise of the Rat-Brained Robots! http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: secret asian man http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1507799 secret asian man Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:38:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1507799 I wonder if they have a little red light that goes back and forth I wonder if they have a little red light that goes back and forth

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1505422 Alex Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:45:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1505422 Hm - yeah, it's a bit of a formatting bug, but I'm glad that you liked it. Hm – yeah, it’s a bit of a formatting bug, but I’m glad that you liked it.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1505421 just a guy Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1505421 I like how the article exceprt format makes it look like modern poetry. I like how the article exceprt format makes it look like modern poetry.

]]> By: CelticCatEyes http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1504805 CelticCatEyes Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:24:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1504805 As a science nerd, I find this amazing and awe-inspiring. As a sci-fi geek, I just shake my head in amazement that everyone forgets how this will turn out. (Disaster prevention hint: Don't let the robot have WiFi!) I suppose I should prepare to welcome our Rattus Cyborg overlords. As a science nerd, I find this amazing and awe-inspiring.

As a sci-fi geek, I just shake my head in amazement that everyone forgets how this will turn out. (Disaster prevention hint: Don’t let the robot have WiFi!)

I suppose I should prepare to welcome our Rattus Cyborg overlords.

]]> By: Nicholas Dollak http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1503116 Nicholas Dollak Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:33:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1503116 This may lead to something like the "neural gel-packs" that comprised the ship's computer on "Star Trek: Voyager" - an interesting premise that never really got explored on the series except in one episode where an organic virus infected the computer. (I think the neural gel was supposed to be an advantage over a purely electronic circuit; some script-writer may also have been fascinated by the sci-fi concept of "living starships".) It may also need a combination of arsenic and an electric fence to take it off-line. This may lead to something like the “neural gel-packs” that comprised the ship’s computer on “Star Trek: Voyager” – an interesting premise that never really got explored on the series except in one episode where an organic virus infected the computer. (I think the neural gel was supposed to be an advantage over a purely electronic circuit; some script-writer may also have been fascinated by the sci-fi concept of “living starships”.)

It may also need a combination of arsenic and an electric fence to take it off-line.

]]> By: Kalel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-1501966 Kalel Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:39:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/21/rise-of-the-rat-brained-robots/#comment-1501966 It may also have military applications should we go to war with cheese-producing nations. It may also have military applications should we go to war with cheese-producing nations.

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