Connecting Living Neurons to a Computer | Part 2

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  • @thethoughtemporium
    @thethoughtemporium  Před 26 dny +225

    If you'd like to support our work and get yourself an array poster, check out our store:
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    • @teemteem
      @teemteem Před 26 dny +4

      maybe

    • @Alceste_
      @Alceste_ Před 25 dny +4

      Did I get "printed locally here in Quebec" right? :o

    • @noi0124
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      @@Alceste_ yes, the link to the screen print studio is in the infobox

    • @Chitose_
      @Chitose_ Před 25 dny +2

      *THE PART TWO WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR* 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @murch5054
      @murch5054 Před 25 dny

      Hi, i think the link isn't working

  • @nl4006
    @nl4006 Před 28 dny +6607

    The reason the neurons all died after the initial seeding is because you didn't rinse the PEI off properly and/or didn't dry it properly. While PEI is the best pre-coating agent in the business, it is also an extremely potent membrane perforant when in solution, so any miniscule picogram of the stuff you left unpolymerized is gonna be jumping from cell to cell, shredding their membranes. Rinse at least five times with maximal volume your growth vessel can take, and dry the vessel overnight in the LAF bench, otherwise you're just wasting expensive reagents.
    Source: neuro lab-slave for 10+ years

    • @kevincuevas8877
      @kevincuevas8877 Před 28 dny +337

      Bump and like for visibility

    • @sinedddmk8996
      @sinedddmk8996 Před 27 dny +303

      Sounds like you are an ideal buddy for this dude to keep track of details, if you didnt have a job already.

    • @lucasmeneses8341
      @lucasmeneses8341 Před 27 dny +28

      Up!

    • @esra_erimez
      @esra_erimez Před 27 dny +181

      I was about to say that exact some thing. However, you left out the part about the goop in the gloopinator. You really need to check that too.

    • @user-nb6mv3ny8i
      @user-nb6mv3ny8i Před 27 dny +12

      post doc in a university?

  • @Durei.rei_
    @Durei.rei_ Před 28 dny +7226

    Imagine being conscious just to find out your purpose is to do a playthrough of doom

    • @kirralabas5315
      @kirralabas5315 Před 28 dny +844

      Somehow that doesn't seem that bad, it's a decent life purpose

    • @AllanSchon
      @AllanSchon Před 28 dny +733

      That's more or less how I remember my high school years...

    • @colematlock7755
      @colematlock7755 Před 28 dny +264

      A fulfilling life

    • @dercncplaner
      @dercncplaner Před 28 dny +105

      you know that there are theories that we live in a game. Soooo

    • @JohnDlugosz
      @JohnDlugosz Před 28 dny +201

      That's a lot better of a purpose than to pass the butter.

  • @jackhazardous4008
    @jackhazardous4008 Před 27 dny +1113

    >wake up
    >your entire existence is DOOM
    >pass on thinking that was all there ever was to life

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 Před 26 dny +50

      Same as it ever was.

    • @poupeuu
      @poupeuu Před 26 dny +106

      >wake up
      >your existence is this one
      >pass on thinking that was all there was to life

    • @jeremymcadam7400
      @jeremymcadam7400 Před 25 dny +40

      ​@@poupeuu This is why I choose to participate in 5 dimensions

    • @gondolaone7748
      @gondolaone7748 Před 22 dny +26

      ​@@jeremymcadam7400 rookie numbers, all of us in the 6th dimension are looking down on your struggles, purely for amusement I might add

    • @j0rtsy
      @j0rtsy Před 19 dny +25

      Plato’s “The Cave” is Doom.

  • @martyshrekster
    @martyshrekster Před 27 dny +1275

    "Yeah I'm doing research on neural networks."
    "Oh, what algorithms are you working with?"
    "Rat"

    • @legenberry3217
      @legenberry3217 Před 24 dny +15

      Underrated 😂😂

    • @denifnaf5874
      @denifnaf5874 Před 23 dny +21

      Can it run doom?

    • @Beeti1
      @Beeti1 Před 20 dny +8

      That's the medium, not the algorithm.

    • @creationstation6035
      @creationstation6035 Před 13 dny

      Rotational
      Additional
      Tactics
      RAT
      🐀🐀🐀
      🐀. 🐀. 🐀. 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
      🐀🐀🐀. 🐀🐀. 🐀
      🐀. 🐀. 🐀🐀🐀. 🐀
      🐀. 🐀. 🐀. 🐀. 🐀

    • @John-wd5cb
      @John-wd5cb Před 12 dny +1

      and where do you work?
      A weapons corporation..

  • @hhhpestock951
    @hhhpestock951 Před 28 dny +6264

    "We're naming it: The Torment Nexus, after the hit book, Don't Build The Torment Nexus."

    • @spencerharrison9680
      @spencerharrison9680 Před 28 dny +626

      Bro is literally a classic evil scientist at this point

    • @FateStayN1ght
      @FateStayN1ght Před 28 dny +176

      I cant stop laighting at that !

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +72

      @@rubikscuber9277 Absolutely! (in the classical meaning of the word, like in "The Gay Falcon" (1941)) 😄

    • @rubikscuber9277
      @rubikscuber9277 Před 28 dny +52

      @@harriehausenman8623 sorry I mean to say Yay

    • @Otzkar
      @Otzkar Před 28 dny

      @@spencerharrison9680 *tech company

  • @hakajiru264
    @hakajiru264 Před 28 dny +3501

    Painstakingly growing a brain slice only to pepperspray it moments later -.-

    • @ayybe7894
      @ayybe7894 Před 28 dny +228

      Such is the cruel nature of life

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 Před 28 dny +400

      Do not build the Torment Nexus. But if you do, do not torment the Torment Nexus with cayenne pepper flakes.

    • @Imtoolazytodothis
      @Imtoolazytodothis Před 28 dny +17

      Sounds like a middle-age crisis

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +5

      Almost human

    • @Asmodis4
      @Asmodis4 Před 28 dny +7

      every time i found one of his videos i get this harlan ellison vipes and i dont know why.

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED Před 24 dny +365

    3:20
    "You merely adopted the sports drink. I was BORN in it, MOLDED by it"

  • @Prucake
    @Prucake Před 26 dny +93

    "Don't build the torment nexus"
    YOU HAD ONE INSTRUCTION.

  • @aerofight5994
    @aerofight5994 Před 27 dny +1624

    Strange man in a sweaty lab coat staring at a rat in the corner of the room. Thinking to himself ... "Can it run DOOM?"

    • @ussuratoncachi
      @ussuratoncachi Před 27 dny +78

      More correctly: "Can it play DOOM?"

    • @mishtrong
      @mishtrong Před 20 dny +41

      ​@@ussuratoncachiCan it RUN doom? Can I use its brain as a computer to run doom?

    • @Spartan11117777
      @Spartan11117777 Před 15 dny +7

      Can it run in a Hamster Wheel to power the Platform running Doom?

    • @joshcarriker6958
      @joshcarriker6958 Před 14 dny +5

      The body is just the case for the computer

    • @TheGrammarNazi123
      @TheGrammarNazi123 Před 13 dny

      "👍✌☠ ✋❄ ☼🕆☠ 👎⚐⚐💣✍"

  • @orsonzedd
    @orsonzedd Před 28 dny +3606

    I'm glad someone's finally getting around to building the torment Nexus

    • @ayybe7894
      @ayybe7894 Před 28 dny +271

      Well it wasn't going to build itself.

    • @Imtoolazytodothis
      @Imtoolazytodothis Před 28 dny +38

      @@ayybe7894 your not wrong lmao

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 Před 28 dny +181

      Me: Wait, where does the "torment" come from in Torment Nexus?
      The Thought Emporium: Cayenne pepper flakes. Look at the neurons screaming in torment. Delightful.
      Me: Oh yeah, that makes total sense, thanks.

    • @jakobweisser8044
      @jakobweisser8044 Před 28 dny +97

      I'm just glad it's the humble mad scientist and not the techbros.

    • @warmitchine3388
      @warmitchine3388 Před 28 dny

      @@jakobweisser8044 "We built a neural interface on an unregistered cruise liner off the coast of Panama that mines cryptocurrency. We just need your donation of $200,000 to keep it running and to pay the illegal waste dumping fees." -techbro neuroscientists

  • @isodoublet
    @isodoublet Před 26 dny +262

    Don't you just hate it when you're chilling in the torment nexus when all of a sudden your entire being is overcome with an extremely powerful chemical irritant?

  • @BionicleFreek99
    @BionicleFreek99 Před 26 dny +136

    Finally! Man-made horrors WITHIN my comprehension!

  • @kayjersch4959
    @kayjersch4959 Před 28 dny +1904

    3:50 "long term, i want to simulate a whole brain"
    fucking WHAT

  • @anonymousapproximation8549
    @anonymousapproximation8549 Před 28 dny +796

    "It's designed for researchers, not a bunch of crazy nerds"
    "Corporate needs you to spot the difference between these images"

    • @mihael64
      @mihael64 Před 26 dny +35

      Researchers aren't nerds, they're just crazy

    • @ttty2242
      @ttty2242 Před 25 dny +39

      budget

    • @SioxerNikita
      @SioxerNikita Před 25 dny +8

      @@mihael64 But... they are also usually nerds XD

    • @vidal9747
      @vidal9747 Před 23 dny +20

      @@mihael64 My advisor literally can not physically stop himself from talking about Dune if he drank more than 2 beers... And not every researcher is crazy. Some can even manage work life balance. Not anyone I know, but I heard some can!

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Před 21 dnem +11

      The only difference between a researcher and a nerd is that researchers are paid.

  • @SophieYui
    @SophieYui Před 27 dny +789

    Imagine being the neurons
    "okay, so we can't sense anything, and we probably can't do anything, but we AAH SPICY!"

    • @thecoolestofguys
      @thecoolestofguys Před 25 dny +61

      the torment nexus will be built!

    • @harrisonlichtenberg3162
      @harrisonlichtenberg3162 Před 24 dny +56

      Homie really dumped hot chem on raw nerves just to see the funny lights

    • @rubyred186
      @rubyred186 Před 24 dny +58

      I have no mouth and I must scream.

    • @matturner6890
      @matturner6890 Před 21 dnem +12

      you're all replying to a bot, pay attention.

    • @Dann.y
      @Dann.y Před 20 dny +4

      ​@@matturner6890WE ALL KNOW! AND DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REPLYING TO HIM TOO?!

  • @cefcephatus
    @cefcephatus Před 23 dny +66

    9:29 "Why those ingredients? I have NO IDEA!"
    Yep! That's how you know someone is doing real science and not just teaching you prepared lesson.

    • @johnpooky84
      @johnpooky84 Před 8 dny +2

      (*Cave Johnson enters the chat*)

  • @nuclearocean
    @nuclearocean Před 28 dny +1203

    Can't wait till I have to feed my computer and overclock it with some spicy red pepper

    • @henrysanecdotes5323
      @henrysanecdotes5323 Před 28 dny +151

      *losing in valorant* MY FRAMES! GET THE PEPPER

    • @AngryAlfonse
      @AngryAlfonse Před 28 dny +148

      "Hey guys, my GPU is struggling to hit 120fps. Gotta go toss a 5 hour energy into the growth medium circulator."

    • @alephnole7009
      @alephnole7009 Před 28 dny +52

      Sprinkling it in like fish food into a brain in a tank

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +71

      *playing fps game*
      *loosing connection*
      "Guys, my machine just had a seizure."

    • @navinvent
      @navinvent Před 28 dny

      What i learnt is that injecting pepper into the brain will be an effective form of torture.

  • @christophepetry6782
    @christophepetry6782 Před 26 dny +99

    I'm a doctoral researcher and Neuroscientist. When it comes to culturing medium for neurons morphology can tell you a lot about the state a cell is in (this goes for most cell types). To me the classic choice of Neurobasal gives you cells with shrunk cell bodies (the nucleus is tightly shrink wrapped if you will) and long complex truncated neurites (dendrites and axons). This tells you that these cells are "mature" neurons. They are not quite mature because you literally need let time pass for them to become mature, interestingly the time of maturation depends on species and is much longer for human neurons compared to mouse neurons.

    • @TheAmazingAnimator
      @TheAmazingAnimator Před 13 dny

      I think that's because rats have less neurons to mature overrall.
      also because other animals (I think) gain consciousness faster

    • @christophepetry6782
      @christophepetry6782 Před 13 dny +8

      @@TheAmazingAnimator it is more about complexity of their connections and morphology and less about the overall number of cells. In culture you can observe the same time discrepancies between neurons of different species, so it is an inherent quality of the cells.
      We are not clear on what level of consciousness other animals have , since we can’t test for it. You probably mean animals become independent much earlier, since humans literally complete their development outside the mothers body. During evolution our heads got to big for our pelvises so we have to be born “prematurely”.

  • @professorstevepotter
    @professorstevepotter Před 25 dny +63

    9:55 Aha! apropos to my previous comment about cell density, I see how to solve your problems: We always added a small droplet (50-100ul) of cell suspension added to an EMPTY dish, with just a 3mm laminin wet spot. Calculate what density you need in the suspension to get 50k-100k cells in that droplet. After the cells have settled and adhered (30 min?) carefully add the rest of the medium to flood the dish. Now you will have very dense cultures and signals on every electrode.

    • @MyDadSaid
      @MyDadSaid Před 24 dny +6

      Thank you. We really appreciate all your input.

  • @Rosencrantz17
    @Rosencrantz17 Před 28 dny +198

    "What is my purpose?"
    "You play DOOM."
    "RIP AND TEAR! RIP AND TEAR! RIP AND TEAR!"

    • @Hexawatt
      @Hexawatt Před 19 dny +18

      Rip And Tear, or R.A.T. for short.

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja Před 15 dny +1

      Until it's done!

    • @pizzapie5356
      @pizzapie5356 Před 9 dny

      Man is gonna build a murder hungry superintelligence

  • @davef21370
    @davef21370 Před 28 dny +588

    It's brilliant but a little sad to think that a dish full of rat neurons could potentially beat me at Doom.

    • @breadboi3837
      @breadboi3837 Před 28 dny +54

      the ultimate cheat system, full automation cheats; I could grind war thunder off a chunk of rat brain

    • @zachrowe6271
      @zachrowe6271 Před 28 dny +83

      ​@@breadboi3837imagine getting banned for rat brain botting 😂

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny

      @@zachrowe6271 🤗

    • @user-burner
      @user-burner Před 28 dny +19

      To be fair, you also have to think about, yknow, having a body and pressing keys and shit.

    • @NiclasOvik
      @NiclasOvik Před 28 dny +5

      ​@@user-burnerTrue that, all about focus, reaching flow state.

  • @AcceptableAsGenerallyDecent

    dr stone would probably accomplish this with the power of jump cuts and eye closeups

    • @noi0124
      @noi0124 Před 26 dny +5

      Power of anime

    • @guarana-suquinho
      @guarana-suquinho Před 12 dny +1

      And that's why he is called Dr Stoned.

    • @johnpooky84
      @johnpooky84 Před 8 dny +1

      I loved that show! Hoping for a Season 3.

    • @Numbers-gStands
      @Numbers-gStands Před 2 dny

      @@johnpooky84 I was wondering the same thing and I think there is a season 3 but it’s not on netflix yet?

    • @johnpooky84
      @johnpooky84 Před 2 dny

      @@Numbers-gStands Dr. Stone's on Netflix? I watched it on Crunchyroll.

  • @SophieYui
    @SophieYui Před 27 dny +270

    "Slightly sentient enchilada" caught me off guard xDDDD

    • @steamerpowered
      @steamerpowered Před 26 dny +1

      Yup, not a sentence I expected to hear this morning... lol

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 22 dny +1

      It's only sentient, we're fine _(for now)._

    • @matturner6890
      @matturner6890 Před 21 dnem +1

      you're all replying to a bot, pay more attention.

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 21 dnem

      @@matturner6890 Do you think we care?

  • @Mechthorian
    @Mechthorian Před 28 dny +479

    24:40
    Surely this is the worst O-Ring disaster in the scientific profession...

    • @noi0124
      @noi0124 Před 28 dny +121

      New challenger appeared!

    • @AresHoax_9
      @AresHoax_9 Před 28 dny +20

      @@noi0124it’s the challenger space shuttle ! Ready? Set Fight!

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +42

      Maybe they just have to chill… *checking notes*
      On no, wait. That was NOT the cure 😆

    • @JinKee
      @JinKee Před 27 dny +10

      Too soon

    • @m4rcyonstation93
      @m4rcyonstation93 Před 26 dny +2

      Context? (Curious)

  • @professorstevepotter
    @professorstevepotter Před 24 dny +30

    My other suggestions seem to have been deleted, perhaps because I linked a paper of ours. I guessed that you may be killing cells with too much light. Phototoxicity is a huge problem with any fluorescence microscopy. To reduce it, use phase contrast (not fluorescence) microscopy and use longer-wavelength (red) light. Also, when doing fluorescence imaging, use a lower-NA lens, more sensitive cameras, dimmer illumination, longer wavelength excitation, and shorter exposure to light.

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  Před 24 dny +12

      Feel free to send me an email with all of the suggestions so they don't get lost! And they're greatly appreciated as always.
      We only use phase contrast when checking on the cells. Fluorescence was only used at the end for the sake of the experiment, and the dye was only used on one of the arrays after we had finished all other experiments. The arrays are also only ever left on the microscope for as brief a moment as possible, but the phase contrast images aren't as pretty so I don't use that footage in the video as much.
      I also saw you recommend concentrating the neurons in the middle. I read that in the instructions and that's how we attempted it the first time when the cells died. We went with adding the neurons after the media because we knew for sure the neurons would survive as we've tested that method a lot and couldn't risk another culture dying. We were pressed for time to get the video out. And for our arrays the electrodes are REALLY spread out, so we're gonna need a high neuron density across most of the surface of the array anyway. You'll notice I made the walls of our arrays taller than the multichannel ones. It was specifically because I wanted to increase the amount of growth media per well so the neurons don't deplete it as quickly and to account for an eventual much higher neuron density across the array.
      We have wanted to upgrade our camera on the microscope for a while, but the scope itself was a HUGE upgrade. It's new for this video and it cost a pretty penny. But it's built exactly for this kind of experiment so we can switch out the camera next. I also want to move to a red dye to lower the illumination wavelength as you say. And also just to make the videos look more interesting than always green. We ran out of time, but we also got a tubulin specific dye we're gonna show off next time that would look best against an otherwise red stained neuron. And we picked up NucBlue so we can stain the nucleus properly. One of the shots of the neurons firing included it from the first well we tested it on. I overlaid it. It's subtle but makes the neurons look nicer and the nucleus visible.

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  Před 24 dny +11

      Also, I've set your account to always show comments on the channel now, so they shouldn't get deleted.

  • @thingyjim
    @thingyjim Před 25 dny +18

    Hey! I’m messing with neurons at the moment in my PhD and I saw the exact same morphology in DMEM/F12, I was stumped what was causing it! As a precaution we’re genotyping with ICC and qPCR since we’re deriving from iPSCs - anyway, love the video! This project is so cool!

  • @gevelegian
    @gevelegian Před 28 dny +278

    If youtube was just this type of content but with every expertise/experiment currently going on. It would be just perfect harmony.

    • @Imtoolazytodothis
      @Imtoolazytodothis Před 28 dny +25

      The perfect combination of long-form content, diligent and passionate work, and humor!

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 Před 28 dny +18

      Meanwhile CZcams: Demonetized.

    • @yaysuu
      @yaysuu Před 6 dny +3

      TestTube

    • @gevelegian
      @gevelegian Před 5 dny +2

      @@yaysuu holy smokes you're onto something!

  • @RevolutionPony
    @RevolutionPony Před 28 dny +434

    I loved reading "Don't Build the Torment Nexus!" When I was a kid. I don't remember what the moral of the story was, but I really liked the lore, aesthetics, and world building. I'm so glad someone is bringing my favourite sci-fi to life! We really do live in the future!

    • @Penguinman2.0
      @Penguinman2.0 Před 28 dny +13

      Wait I can’t tell if this is genuine or not

    • @DawnPetrichor1
      @DawnPetrichor1 Před 28 dny +33

      @@Penguinman2.0Neither can I…
      On a second reading, I don’t think it’s genuine, “I don’t remember what the moral of the story was” seems like it wouldn’t be there if it was.

    • @SissypheanCatboy
      @SissypheanCatboy Před 27 dny +149

      @@Penguinman2.0 The book doesn't exist, its from a meme talking about how techbros proudly claim inspiration from scifi stories where the whole moral is NOT to build the technology featured in the movie. Like how vr/metaverse nerds constantly say "its like the Matrix in real life"

    • @adora_was_taken
      @adora_was_taken Před 27 dny +34

      @@SissypheanCatboy or more recently, openai comparing gpt-4o to the movie "her"

    • @vipture.
      @vipture. Před 27 dny +37

      ​@@SissypheanCatboyThe first thing we did after GPT-1 showed promise was hook up the next version to the internet to learn from. It's like the people at the forefront of advancement have turned dystopian prophecies into a checklist..

  • @katofmine
    @katofmine Před 25 dny +7

    18:09 “slightly sentient enchilada” made me inhale half my beer

  • @aeliion
    @aeliion Před 25 dny +2

    I've been waiting almost a year for this video! Now it's finally here! Thank you so much! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @hakajiru264
    @hakajiru264 Před 28 dny +90

    Neuron: Help I'm peeling
    Neurobiologist: SUGAR FREE HORSE JUICE

  • @TornaitSuperBird
    @TornaitSuperBird Před 28 dny +460

    10:09 "Hey how are the neurons growing?"
    "They all died"
    *AD*
    ...had a hard time trying not to chuckle in the doctor's office.

  • @fernandoschuindt1665
    @fernandoschuindt1665 Před 26 dny +4

    Impressive! It’s really nice to see the path your channel has taken. From the time I was watching you hunting VHF satellites in Brazil, Wi-Fi imaging, the pulsar corner reflector (that one got me really excited), to DNA hacking and neuron training. I would like to say I came for the RF and stayed for the bio. 10/10

  • @redacted7613
    @redacted7613 Před 27 dny +13

    “What’s my purpose?”
    “To play doom”
    “Oh my god”

  • @darealsherlock8026
    @darealsherlock8026 Před 28 dny +916

    DOCTOR STEVE POTTER CONTACTED YOU!
    THE DOCTOR POTTER!
    This is surely indicative of success to come

    • @akatsukilevi
      @akatsukilevi Před 28 dny +235

      For the ones randomly watching this and has no idea who Steve Potter is and why it is a big deal
      It is as if Jesus Christ himself showed up for a theology class

    • @Imtoolazytodothis
      @Imtoolazytodothis Před 28 dny +20

      A truly impressive feat!

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +9

      What a Legend.

    • @jimcobbler3954
      @jimcobbler3954 Před 28 dny +32

      I’m sure he’s never heard this joke, but he sounds like a wizard in this field.

    • @TekedixXx
      @TekedixXx Před 27 dny

      @@akatsukilevi I can't not stop thinking about Professor brothers now lol

  • @titusbaum9690
    @titusbaum9690 Před 28 dny +178

    Neuron-piloted flesh mechs growing neurons, simulating neurons, looking at neurons, visualizing neurons.
    Ah yes, Neuron Activation.

    • @audriusskebas3099
      @audriusskebas3099 Před 28 dny +14

      Soon we shall have a flesh automaton animated by neurotransmitters!

    • @Gakulon
      @Gakulon Před 27 dny +10

      Do not dare to insult the purity of steel by comparing mechs to abominable flesh

    • @Mate_Antal_Zoltan
      @Mate_Antal_Zoltan Před 27 dny +4

      Bro just called God's greatest creation "neuron-piloted flesh mechs"

    • @audriusskebas3099
      @audriusskebas3099 Před 27 dny +1

      @@Mate_Antal_Zoltan It's a Cruelty Squad reference xP

    • @Mate_Antal_Zoltan
      @Mate_Antal_Zoltan Před 27 dny +4

      @@audriusskebas3099 guy who has only played Cruelty Squad in his entire life: "I'm getting real Cruelty Squad vibes from this..."

  • @MrCaesartheman
    @MrCaesartheman Před 7 dny +2

    i had no idea this was out, ive been waiting for this for ages

  • @mysticthecatninja
    @mysticthecatninja Před 27 dny +1

    This channel makes me so happy I love coming along to do science with you

  • @aaronbrown4682
    @aaronbrown4682 Před 28 dny +140

    Hey! I work with mammalian cell cultures, and I know they can be very finicky! If you didn't change the media a day after your initial seeding, the residual DMSO from the cryopreservation media is likely what killed your cells. Not sure if you did this or not, but I didn't see it in the video so figured it was worth mentioning! You guys are awesome, keep up the great work.

  • @a.p.2356
    @a.p.2356 Před 28 dny +270

    "What if we grew a mind in a vat that only knew how to interact with the world through violence and was trained to snap headshot imps in .03 seconds, this will surely not go terribly wrong."

    • @SafetyAlwaysLast
      @SafetyAlwaysLast Před 26 dny +48

      Yeah, this could never go wrong, but to make sure lets wire a 100 of these up to the Boston dynamics robot wielding a shotgun. But we would still be in control, right? lol

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter Před 26 dny +51

      I know this is a joke, but the interaction that the neurons see is not in any way related to violence. it's like if you played doom, but instead of a screen, you just see an array of 10 blinking lights and no-one told you that you're playing doom, only if you're succeeding at pressing the correct buttons or not.
      so ... as long as no-one tries to apply this to real-life weapons, there's no reason whatsoever to worry. though ... now that I think of it, knowing humans, this does indeed have me worried

    • @williamlux
      @williamlux Před 26 dny +15

      ​@@SafetyAlwaysLast
      Boston dynamics V1

    • @SafetyAlwaysLast
      @SafetyAlwaysLast Před 26 dny +10

      Context- For it to work like the joke intended it would need some reason for violence like a reward system but for that to work we have to have some sort of detection software supporting it and at that point just use software, so yeah the joke falls apart, oh well. Except for machine learning being applicable to organisms, i.e. stimuli training, so maybe we could consider culturing them with positive stimuli for shooting the target before sending them but that sounds like a lot of work. Not that someone wouldn't try? Also if the logic reply wasn't to the Boston Dynamics bot joke then that is really embarrassing lol

    • @asdfghyter
      @asdfghyter Před 26 dny +9

      @@SafetyAlwaysLast on the other hand, the neurons not being aware of it being violence points to another issue, since that means they won't have any concerns whatsoever with performing violence if put in a situation where they might accidentally do so.
      putting any kind of neural network, artificial or biological, in charge of dangerous equipment means that unless you very actively train it to avoid harming humans, it will do so if any humans get in the way. this is of course already the case with any kind of automated machines, even without neural networks or similar, which is why we tend to place robots in cages, so we can better protect humans from them

  • @hugacreeper69110
    @hugacreeper69110 Před 26 dny +1

    yesss been waiting for part 2 thank you

  • @okkosiemers6423
    @okkosiemers6423 Před 26 dny +4

    I had no idea you could actually grow live neurons and train them to do stuff... thank you for documenting your unique experiment and sharing it with the world.

  • @morgan3392
    @morgan3392 Před 28 dny +74

    This part of CZcams is interesting because you have genuine, field respected scientists contributing to a meme. A similar situation I see is a video series an amateur arachnid enthusiast making absurdly detailed videos about common house spiders, and basically has tons of scientists conversing with him and in the comments about the most trivial of differences between two species of harmless spiders

    • @Astoria_Varanus
      @Astoria_Varanus Před 28 dny +5

      Which channel is this?

    • @morgan3392
      @morgan3392 Před 28 dny +16

      @@Astoria_Varanus Oops, I forgot to put his name: Travis McEnery. The series is called "The Spiders in Your House."

    • @cheesebucket142
      @cheesebucket142 Před 27 dny +11

      To be fair, if this project succeeds it will be the ultimate, unbeatable iteration of the running doom on X meme.

  • @jvdos
    @jvdos Před 28 dny +1238

    THE DAY HAS COME BROTHERS! 🗣️🔥🔥

    • @Log4Jake
      @Log4Jake Před 28 dny +19

      FINNNNALLLLLYYYYY

    • @n0o0b090lv
      @n0o0b090lv Před 28 dny +13

      LETS GOOOOOOO💯💯

    • @Xxrasierklinge7
      @Xxrasierklinge7 Před 28 dny +11

      Ikr! I've been waiting for this for what seems like FOREVER!!!!!

    • @lopatoj
      @lopatoj Před 28 dny +2

      yay

    • @quentar9309
      @quentar9309 Před 28 dny +12

      WE WILL FINALLY MAKE A MEAT COMPUTER

  • @Gw3mmy
    @Gw3mmy Před 27 dny +1

    "What is my purpose?"
    "Youplay doom"
    "Oh my god"

  • @thesuperfluousone2537
    @thesuperfluousone2537 Před 10 dny +1

    "Don't build the torment nexus."
    "What'd he say?"
    "I don't know. I think he said build the torment nexus."

  • @michaelmaguire4147
    @michaelmaguire4147 Před 28 dny +60

    13:41 It does say "Minimize light exposure" on the bag.

  • @sweetspiderling
    @sweetspiderling Před 28 dny +30

    18:13 putting a tinfoil hat on the neurons is amazing

  • @Tamramsy
    @Tamramsy Před 26 dny +4

    Glad CZcams brought me back for part 2!

  • @elousie1187
    @elousie1187 Před 26 dny +1

    Damn I want you guys to know I'm excited!! I'm really excited to see where we're going with this!!! I love it so much!

  • @vvoid8416
    @vvoid8416 Před 28 dny +294

    The trick to finding a comfy spot for your tongue is actually the roof of your mouth. People struggle with it because it's not intuitive that you keep it up there with suction normally.

  • @HarbAlarm
    @HarbAlarm Před 28 dny +45

    neurons: WHY IS IT SPICY

  • @erezdude123
    @erezdude123 Před 25 dny +4

    You are one of the main reasons I am perusing my masters in synthetic biology!!!! I love your videos man hope you keep doing what you do :)

  • @user-mn8lz7gf6d
    @user-mn8lz7gf6d Před 18 dny +3

    "what. is. my. purpose."
    "you play doom."
    "rip. and. tear. until. it. is. done."

  • @aabb1166
    @aabb1166 Před 28 dny +54

    I am a mitochondrial and cancer physiologist, and not a neurobiologist, but have been studying metabolic and growth effects of different commercial medias. It might be worth keeping in mind that the metabolite concentrations in DMEM are largely not found in the brain. I'd be curious to know how Neurobasal and DMEM compare in their composition. All of these considerations, i.e., metabolic activity and ionic concentration, will affect the neuron's membrane potential.

    • @timothyvanderschultzen9640
      @timothyvanderschultzen9640 Před 28 dny +1

      I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING!

    • @DarkRavenhaft
      @DarkRavenhaft Před 18 dny +1

      DMEM with FBS (foetal bovine serum) is an excellent medium for accelerated growth but yeah, it's 4x stronger than standard EMEM. EMEM or Opti-MEM may be a better option for maintaining mature cultures, with Opti having the added benefit of requiring much less FBS.

  • @THEFUFFYDRAGONx
    @THEFUFFYDRAGONx Před 28 dny +123

    *Rip and tear playing in the distance* THE TIME HAS COME

  • @Tomyb15
    @Tomyb15 Před 26 dny +1

    Really excited that you are actually getting close to getting them to play a game! I can't wait!
    For the teflon tube, just make a small valley on the surface with the lathe for the oring to sit in.

  • @bh3302
    @bh3302 Před 12 dny

    Been waiting for this video for some time and you guys more than delivered! Keep up the amazing work, it is incredibly inspiring to see 🧠

  • @Weretyu7777
    @Weretyu7777 Před 28 dny +18

    Love the Tumblr post reference with the Torment Nexus joke

  • @taiteo558
    @taiteo558 Před 28 dny +15

    Can't wait until 2030 when I have to worry about giving my phone a concussion when I drop it

  • @purplrshadowyay
    @purplrshadowyay Před 26 dny +1

    you have NO IDEA how much i've waited for this!!

  • @Leo_33350
    @Leo_33350 Před 27 dny +2

    The nest episode: I accidentally made the Frankenstein😂😂😂

  • @Imtoolazytodothis
    @Imtoolazytodothis Před 28 dny +543

    Do not let bro start his villain arc 💀

  • @Striking_dust
    @Striking_dust Před 28 dny +26

    The brain has everything that makes you eeu! 😂 0:05

  • @kkotheracountnstuff
    @kkotheracountnstuff Před 17 dny

    Been waitin for more, cant wait for the big finish :]

  • @usser-505
    @usser-505 Před 21 dnem +3

    Guys, don't stop. I NEED to see what will come out. Your first 2 vids inspired me so that from just a noob in programming thinking to himself "well, im gonna be a programmer and program commercial things" you made it so I now have a greater purpose in life and right now I'm doing an EEG research together with a neurobiology lab (I was the one who contacted with them and suggested a research and I'm the one doing it, but they give me access to some fancy things). Thank you and DON'T STOP UNTIL ITS DONE

  • @Penultimeat
    @Penultimeat Před 27 dny +51

    Thank you Multichannel Systems (affiliate of Harvard Bioscience)! Without your help we never could have built the Torment Nexus.

  • @TooMich
    @TooMich Před 27 dny +10

    0:00 this is your brain. 1:22 this is your brain on [Petri dish]. Say no to [chemistry]”

  • @phillipotey9736
    @phillipotey9736 Před 26 dny +1

    For your cap problem. Get a smaller radius plug to fit in the collection. Use the semipermiable membrane as the gasket layer. You can then place an o ring directly on the plates acrylic pipe.

  • @CaioLGon
    @CaioLGon Před 18 dny +2

    Love the content. Every video and experiment is packed with so much information. That to me you are the best biology related channel.

  • @user-lk1bl2uk8w
    @user-lk1bl2uk8w Před 28 dny +119

    Ah yes finaly update for the literal game of life😂

  • @MateusAntonioBittencourt
    @MateusAntonioBittencourt Před 28 dny +21

    Hey... I've noticed sometimes when pipetting, you (or whoever is doing the pipetting) touches the destination, and they go back to the source. This is a no-no as it can cross contaminate the whole batch, and the source material. I'm not even talking about living contamination. In the examples I saw, I don't think it's that big of a deal, it would introduce neurobasal into the neuron source.
    But it's a bad practice either way.

    • @GabrielleduVent
      @GabrielleduVent Před 3 dny

      Yep, once it touches a new source, tips go bye bye. I'm surprised at some of the stuff done here, as we ALWAYS filter our media... And I haven't seen that. Also, just pouring tubes out can be a source of contamination.

  • @dansamarco1610
    @dansamarco1610 Před 27 dny +2

    YESSS, I've waited so long for this!

  • @elberuh13
    @elberuh13 Před 26 dny +1

    i just subscribe for this series i was waiting so much for this video i cant wait to see what you gonna do next, super exiting

  • @korraiswaifu6245
    @korraiswaifu6245 Před 28 dny +86

    Wonder if the neurons will freak out when they cant look up or down.

    • @rootabeta9015
      @rootabeta9015 Před 28 dny +46

      only as much as you'll freak out when you realize there's a fourth dimension you can't rotate yourself in

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +3

      @@rootabeta9015 Did somebody say 4D Golf? 😄

    • @oberonpanopticon
      @oberonpanopticon Před 27 dny +5

      @@rootabeta9015actually I’m rotated in time by 4°

    • @monkyyy0
      @monkyyy0 Před 27 dny +6

      @@rootabeta9015 sounds like a skill issue, I can rotate in the 4th dim just fine

    • @theeyeofomnipotent
      @theeyeofomnipotent Před 27 dny +3

      ​@@harriehausenman8623 non-intuitive double rotation intensifies*

  • @Dyll380
    @Dyll380 Před 28 dny +71

    if youre still having issues with the array electrodes being cut correctly, maybe ask a glitter company if they can help. I know its a weird idea but glitterX is just a company with precision cutting instruments. Might be worth it

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 Před 28 dny +14

      Wasn't there the old riddle about what the glitter companys biggest customer was and they have absolute secrecy and nobody knows? 🤔

    • @FlatlandsSurvivor
      @FlatlandsSurvivor Před 28 dny +30

      ​@@harriehausenman8623 Yes, and it is most likely pearlescent paint for hobby boats. Boat manufacturers don't want it to be associated with how "unmanly" glitter is seen as, as well as the fact that pretty much all of it ends up as pollution in water.

  • @xplicit2734
    @xplicit2734 Před 26 dny +1

    Been waiting for this vid!

  • @mailcs06
    @mailcs06 Před 27 dny

    Been waiting for this second part :0

  • @francescoquadrio5824
    @francescoquadrio5824 Před 28 dny +17

    Once again, casually bringing cutting edge research to CZcams. Legend

  • @besknighter
    @besknighter Před 28 dny +22

    Damn, that poster looks AMAZING!

  • @flamestrider605
    @flamestrider605 Před 27 dny

    I love that the same thing used for FDM 3D printing bed adhesion, PEI, is being used here as a sort of brain bed adhesion. Really interesting work!

  • @Finn_553
    @Finn_553 Před 26 dny +1

    The Doom neurons are finally back

  • @Amipotsophspond
    @Amipotsophspond Před 27 dny +10

    18:13 don't forget to wrap the wires too, it's how you turn a moderate speaker system in to a high end speaker system.

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz Před 27 dny +1

      The wires look like they might be fiber optic?
      Apart from USB, but that’s error corrected

  • @patates42
    @patates42 Před 28 dny +105

    ON TODAYS EPISODE OF MANMADE HORRORS WITHIN COMPRENTION
    (edit: i will respect english spelling once its concistant (was that wrong, probably) fake ass language)

  • @sonicboom321
    @sonicboom321 Před 8 dny +1

    I love that they are doing a entire scientific experiment to play doom it is beautiful

  • @BritishBoy
    @BritishBoy Před 14 dny +1

    This is quickly becoming my favourite series on CZcams

  • @LinthusOriginal
    @LinthusOriginal Před 27 dny +24

    2:18 "don't build the tormentor nexus. And thus far we've been making great progress"... wait wait, so, you are making great progress in NOT BUILDING the tormentor nexus, or in building it?

  • @Aarush.A.S
    @Aarush.A.S Před 28 dny +14

    It came ...... after 3 years

  • @ShibuHellYeah
    @ShibuHellYeah Před 27 dny

    ive been waiting for this for a while im so excited to watch this

  • @tanegram
    @tanegram Před 26 dny +2

    The poster is fucking amazing but the shipping costs more than the poster itself💀

  • @patrickthomas6985
    @patrickthomas6985 Před 28 dny +13

    And we're back on the super villain type beat

  • @Argom42
    @Argom42 Před 28 dny +5

    "This is your brain...and this is your brain on doom. Get the picture?"

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 22 dny

      In the words of 4 year old me, "I like the spicy chemical."

  • @sleepiestgal
    @sleepiestgal Před 15 dny +1

    my friend sent me this and i a m GENUINELY not at all upset, i love this shit i am going to binge ALL OF IT

  • @Thunder_Archer1
    @Thunder_Archer1 Před 26 dny +1

    slightly sentient enchiladas are what this world has been missing

  • @stereoisstrate
    @stereoisstrate Před 28 dny +16

    Today is a day to remember. Tomorrow is a day that we will never forget

    • @MaxBrix
      @MaxBrix Před 27 dny +4

      I can't remember today. It is currently happening. I can't remember tomorrow. It hasn't happened yet. Soon I will forget about yesterday.

    • @Tigershark_3082
      @Tigershark_3082 Před 24 dny

      ​@@MaxBrix bro forgor 💀

  • @VsevolodKhusid
    @VsevolodKhusid Před 28 dny +125

    Cannot wait for growing brains to beat Super Mario 64

  • @Pyroman328
    @Pyroman328 Před 26 dny +1

    I thought this video would never come out. Happy to be surprised!

  • @Joe_Rebel
    @Joe_Rebel Před 27 dny

    Been waiting for this a long time!

  • @laetitiaklinkhammer192
    @laetitiaklinkhammer192 Před 28 dny +5

    you have no idea how excited i am about this update. I've been rewatching the old video very often as a source of comfort