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A dish full of brain cells has learned to play Pong

Published October 14, 2022 at 12:33 PM CDT

Human brain cells in a dish have learned to play Pong, a simple video game created in the 1970s.

NPR’s Jon Hamilton reports.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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