Brains are the most powerful computers known. Now microchips built to mimic insects’ nervous systems have been shown to successfully tackle technical computing problems like object recognition and data mining, researchers say.
The minute brains of flies process visual movements in only fractions of a second. Just how the brain of the fly manages to perceive motion with such speed and precision is predicted quite accurately by a mathematical model.
How about these autonomous robots designed based on insects’ behaviour?
It’s not just the flies; scientists are building artificial neural networks for computers based on insects’ neural networks.
Scientists have been studying the fly’s brains for years now. The secrets in these tiny brains could be the breakthrough needed to realize portable, personal supercomputers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100712102812.htm
It’s just amazing how something so small can do things beyond the scope of human capabilities.