Scientists Taught a Petri Dish of Brain Cells to Play Doom—They’re Getting Better

How many brain cells does it take to play a game of Doom?
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Project Helix Has Apparently Been In The Works For More Than A Decade

Microsoft finally announced its next Xbox, which is codenamed Project Helix. The upcoming console will be the first to play Xbox and PC games, but it's apparently not the first time that Microsoft has ...
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A Petri Dish Full Of Human Brain Cells Just Learned How To Play Doom

Forget playing Doom on a calculator. Now you can play it with a clump of brain cells--no brainstem necessary.

A petri dish of human neurons has learned to play Doom: 'The cells play a lot like a beginner who's never seen a computer, and in fairness, they haven't'

Understandably, you're likely scratching your head, wondering how it's even possible for a petri dish to play Doom. Good question. The answer is the CL1, "the world’s first code ...