Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Scientist proposes cyborg astronauts to seek out new life

If University of Chicago geoscientist Patrick McGuire starts calling the shots, NASA won't have to decide between sending a person or a robot into space. They could just send a "cyborg astrobiologists" — or advanced artificial intelligence riding piggyback on an astronaut.

McGuire's team has been working on what's known as a Hopfield neural network, specifically programmed to identify new forms of life. Right now, the system can differentiate between different types of lichen basedSource: DVICE RSS Feed

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