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Scientists enable hydrogel to play and improve at Pong video game
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Researchers say their creation has memory, which it can use to perform better by gaining experience
Researchers have found a soft and squidgy water-rich gel is not only able to play the video game Pong, but gets better at it over time.
The findings come almost two years after brain cells in a dish were taught how to play the 1970s classic, a result the researchers involved said showed “something that resembles intelligence”.
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