China builds robot with lab-grown HUMAN BRAIN, nicknamed ‘Organoid’ in Frankenstein experiment to create ‘hybrid machines’

CHINA has reportedly created a robot with a bizarre human brain developed in a laboratory.

Nicknamed the “organoid” – Frankenstein’s crazy invention is the latest attempt to create a hybrid machine that can independently perform a number of useful tasks.

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The device was built using specialized technology that combines tissue derived from human stem cells and a neutral interface chip.

Once incorporated, the chip power the robot and teach it to grab objects and also avoid certain obstacles, say developers from Tianjin University and the Southern University of Science and Technology.

The brain organoid is part of an emerging branch of technology that uses brain and computer interfaces.

Interested developers have prioritized figuring out the best way to combine the brain’s electrical signals with external computing power.

One of the ways they hope the new technology will work is by encoding and decoding simulation feedback through varied testing.

They also use low-intensity ultrasound waves to keep the brain’s stable base from growing.

Tianjin University called it “the world’s first open source intelligent brain-on-chip complex information interaction system.”

The university’s vice president, Ming Dong, told China’s Science and Technology Daily: “This is a technology that uses an in vitro-grown ‘brain’ attached to an electrode chip to form a brain-on-chip.”

Li Xiaohong, a professor at Tianjin University, called the results so far promising, but noted that they still face problems such as “insufficient nutrient supply.”

The system is similar to Elon Musk’s Neuralink project in terms of using a hybrid brain-computer interface.

Neuralink, which had its first patient this year, sees a chip being implanted in a human’s brain, beneath the skull.

Once connected, the chip connects your brainwaves to an app where it can be accessed by doctors.

They hope it will be able to help individuals with neurological problems.

This comes as Japanese scientists discover a way to attach engineered skin tissue to humanoid robots.

A chilling video of the world’s first robot face carved from human flesh shows the device sporting a very sinister smile.

The scientists, led by Professor Shoji Takeuchi, from the University of Tokyo, say the discovery could bring more mobility to robots, some of which can already move without a human being.

What is an organoid?

AN ORGANOID is an artificially cultured collection of cells or tissues that resembles an organ.

They are used to mimic the structure, function and cellular complexity of real-life human organs to be used in scientific research.

Experts will use organoids to help study areas such as the brain, retina, kidney and lungs, as well as general organ development and disease.

They are a key alternative to real organs as they take much less time to start producing results.

While they greatly minimize risk to humans, organoids are also much better at targeting a specific area of ​​the body that is being targeted for treatments or problems.

Experts labeled the invention of organoids as one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs when it was released in 2013.

The first successful organoid transplant into a human was in 2022.

The patient had ulcerative colitis which was used to create the organoid.

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