American dragonfly brain simulation to develop missile interception system

According to New Atlas, researchers at the Sandia National Laboratorie, the Sandia National Laboratorie, are studying dragonfly brains to develop a compact and effective missile defense system.

The goal is to simulate the brains of predatory insects in computer algorithms to develop interceptors, which can prevent threats much faster and achieve higher destruction rates than room systems. Existing missile player.

Dragonflies are one of nature's best predators when they capture prey in 95% of cases - (Photo: Shutterstock).

Dragonflies have been around for 325 million years and haven't changed much since then. Perhaps, the reality is that they are one of nature's best predators when they catch prey in 95% of cases.

This is due to the special structure of the insect's brain, which at first glance looks pristine, but in fact is surprisingly fast and complex. For example, when a predatory dragonfly is another flying insect, it does not chase potential prey that calculates flight paths and blocks prey.

With reverse engineering , researchers have analyzed the main behavior of a real dragonfly and simulated this insect in a digital environment, copying the dragon's brain under format of neural networks.

The resulting algorithm turned out to be very similar to the brain of a real insect. For example, neural networks reacted to prey occurrence in just 50 milliseconds (ms) - this is six times faster than human blinking, but slightly slower than the reaction. of a real dragonfly.

Researchers believe that subsequent tests will create more efficient and compact missile defense systems that can quickly intercept enemy missiles and aircraft.

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