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ways_back_room2004-12-16 06:46 pm
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OMFG (ooc)
I don't know if you followed this, but . . .
About a year ago, someone announced a chimp that was controlling a "game" through a brain implant: A ton of wires inserted into it's brain, that was supposed to read the chimp's neural impulses that controlled the arm. The arm was given a joystick to control a remote-location robotic arm to manipulate blocks.
After reading the chimp's brainwaves, they wanted to turn off the joystick. Before the scheduled shut-off, the chimp stopped using the joystick, using only its brain to move the robotic arm!
Today, Harvard University has announced that a totally paralyzed human research patient has been doing the same thing, with a game they call "mind pong": moving a cursor around the screen!
!!!!!
!!!!!!
About a year ago, someone announced a chimp that was controlling a "game" through a brain implant: A ton of wires inserted into it's brain, that was supposed to read the chimp's neural impulses that controlled the arm. The arm was given a joystick to control a remote-location robotic arm to manipulate blocks.
After reading the chimp's brainwaves, they wanted to turn off the joystick. Before the scheduled shut-off, the chimp stopped using the joystick, using only its brain to move the robotic arm!
Today, Harvard University has announced that a totally paralyzed human research patient has been doing the same thing, with a game they call "mind pong": moving a cursor around the screen!
!!!!!
!!!!!!
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So creepy.
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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