<p>In this latest episode of <a href="http://brainsandmachines.net/">Brains and Machines</a>, Professor Rodolphe Sepulchre, a control theorist from the University of Cambridge, talks to Dr. <a href="https://www.sunnybains.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">Sunny Bains</a> of University College London. They discuss the inspiration he took from studying biological neurons, why both discrete and continuous behaviors are inherent to how they work, and why building neurons is often easier than simulating them. </p>