Re: An Idea for new Mindstorms - event potential?

Citando Steve Baker <sjbaker1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

 Justin wrote:
 
  > A fly can land on the ceiling not
 > because it is smart (it isn't), but because it's body is built such that
 the
 > laws of physics themselves automate a process that would be prohibitively
 > complex to compute, etc etc). 
 
 Don't be too hard on the fly's brain.  A housefly has about a third of a
 million neurons.
 
 If you think of a neuron as being about the power of a transistor - then
 there is a computer that's more complex than a 386 - but less complex than
 a 486.
 
 If you think of a neuron as being an entire logic gate (which is probably
 closer
 to the truth), then the raw part count is about as powerful as an early
 Pentium.
 
 Neurons are slower than computer logic gates - but that's more than
 compensated
 for by the enormous degree of connectivity and parallelism in an animal
 brain.
 
 Overall, a common housefly probably has more available compute power than
 a modern desktop PC.
 
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WOOOWW!!! I'll be paying a lot more attention to flies after reading this!
I can barely wait to see a blue screen on a fly ;) do flies have 
ctrl+alt+del ? ;)
keep posting about the flies... ;) i'm really interested! i'm taking biology 
next year... =P
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