Human brain cells in a dish learn to play Pong

Living brain cells in a dish can learn to play Pong when they are placed in what researchers describe as a “virtual game world“. “We think it’s fair to call them cyborg brains,“ says Brett Kagan, chief scientific officer of Cortical Labs, who leads the research. Many teams around the world have been studying networks of neurons in dishes, often growing them into brain-like organoids. But this is the first time mini-brains have been found to perform goal-directed tasks, says Kagan. Read more at: