Worm Robot and the Brain

Worm Robot and the Brain

The Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 33, Segment 2

Feb 26, 2015 • 45m

(1:01:16) Timothy Busbice has built a "worm robot." It's a machine that mimics the thought processes inside's a worm's mind. He says he built it in an effort to understand better how neurons work.

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