New Brain Cells Listen Before They Talk


	New Brain Cells Listen Before They Talk

Mohir

11-1-2007 4:59 PM

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brain, neurons, stem cells

Mohir says:

could be a good feature to learn from our brain cells

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11-1-2007 5:20 PM

constantskeptic

reminds me of bluetooth sync'ing for some reason.... when you first sync a device it has to listen for signals to match up and communicate right.

11-3-2007 5:18 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

Brain cell grown-ups teaching the kids what they need to know before letting them loose in the world (or brain). Good idea.

11-3-2007 11:25 AM

pokkets

Maybe they have to learn the language. Download the source code. Also learning how to behave in a collective, where timing is important

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