You can record all kinds of brain signals from the rats, like simple visual cortex information, or you can go higher up to decision making and planning. вЂњPart of the reason is that you canвЂ™t fully train a rat to play something like вЂњPong,вЂќ right? The research design is difficult, but once you bridge that by training the rats in virtual environments, thatвЂ™s huge. But the thing is that a lot of that cognitive capacity is already present in rats - so why canвЂ™t we just use rats? There are a couple of players in the space like Neuralink, BlackRock, and Paradromics that are testing their devices on monkeys and then rolling them out to humans. You can see the rats in action in this video below.Дivulging exactly why he got this idea, TГіth said in his interview with Futurism, вЂќItвЂ™s very relevant to brain computer interfaces (BCI) - a space IвЂ™m trying to get into in the long run. TГіth encouraged the rat with a little tube to feed it sugary water as a treat whenever it did something correctly. A rat was suspended in a harness on top, where it could move the ball with its feet, which sensors translated into movement in the game world and mirrored it onto a curved computer monitor in front of the gaming rodents.вЂќДЄs the rat moved about on the ball, it would also then, in turn, run about in the halls and corridors of Doom II. How did TГіth teach rats to play Doom II you ask? Well, as he explains in his blog, he forged his own personal setup out of odds and ends for the sum of less than $2,000 that consisted of вЂњ a large polystyrene ball that could be rolled in any direction via ball bearings. TГіth decided to teach rats to play 1994вЂ™s Doom II in order to better understand brain computer interfaces, and now, in an article for Futurism, he thinks it may be beneficial to take the rats onto Twitch for some livestreaming. So, while former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor TГіth didnвЂ™t have as flippant a reason to try as I suggested, last year he fulfilled that dream for some lucky rats in the name of science. Photocopiers, pregnancy tests, fridges, and balls of yarn have managed to run id SoftwareвЂ™s classic shooter over the years (though I may have made one of those up), but what about the one who is playing Doom? Why does it always have to be us humans enjoying a good old rip and tear through hell on Earth or Mars? Surely even a rodent must dream of being Doom Guy? We live in a world where all sorts of things can play some form of the eternally badass FPS grandaddy known as Doom. вЂњWe are also expanding their experience with the game by including a top-notch graphic novel worthy of the Fallout name and a DVD that gives them a behind-the-scenes look at how the game was created.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™re offering this very cool collectorвЂ™s edition to give fans the opportunity to own some of the items that theyвЂ™ll discover while playing Fallout: New Vegas,вЂќ said Pete Hines, vice president of PR and marketing. This documentary DVD will contain exclusive video content, including interviews with the developers in which they take you from concept to creation and discuss topics such as story, setting, legacy of the Fallout franchise and more. в™ вЂThe Making of Fallout: New VegasвЂ™ DVD. вЂњAll RoadsвЂќ was written by Chris Avellone, the gameвЂ™s creative director, and created in conjunction with Dark Horse Comics. в™ A hardcover graphic novel вЂњAll RoadsвЂќ, that tells the story of some of the characters and events that lead up to Fallout: New Vegas. в™ A recreation of the gameвЂ™s highly coveted вЂњLucky 38вЂќ platinum chip. Use the cards to play poker, blackjack or Caravan, an original card game that was created by Obsidian especially for Fallout: New Vegas! Each card in the pack has been uniquely illustrated to depict characters and factions found within the game. в™ A fully customized Fallout: New Vegas deck of cards.

Each of the seven poker chips was designed to represent chips from the major casinos found on the New Vegas strip and throughout the Mojave Wasteland. Head past the break for the list of everything it comes with. But Fallout 3 did come with some god damn sweet shit. The price point has not been set yet for the Collectors Edition, but it does include a ton of stuff. Which is semi crazy because the game is still 6 months from release, and we havenвЂ™t really seen anything in the way of media for the game. Just announced is the Fallout New Vegas Collectors Edition.

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