As sensors proliferate, opportunities are emerging in the field of machine learning

Biological learning systems run the gamut from the lowly roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans) with its 300 or so neurons, all the way up to the adult elephant brain, with its 200 billion neurons. Whether they're located in fruit flies or cockroaches, chimpanzees or dolphins, all neurons do the same thing: they process and transmit information. And the reason for this is the same across the biological board: To avoid danger and maximize success in sustaining and propagating themselves, all organisms must be able to sense the environment, respond to it accordingly, and remember those stimuli that indicate risks and rewards.

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