Not Exactly Rocket Science

redwing · Oct 8, 2011

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com otrocketscience/2011/10/05/monkeys-grab-and-feel-virtual-objects-with-thoughts-alone-and-what-this-means-for-the-world-cup/

Monkeys grab and feel virtual objects with thought alone (and what this means to the World Cup)

This is where we are now: at Duke University, a monkey controls a virtual arm using only its thoughts. Miguel Nicolelis had fitted the animal with a headset of electrodes that translates its brain activity into movements. It can grab virtual objects without using its arms. It can also feel the objects without its hands, because the headset stimulates its brain to create the sense of different textures. Monkey think, monkey do, monkey feel – all without moving a muscle.
And this is where Nicolelis wants to be in three years: a young quadriplegic Brazilian man strolls confidently into a massive stadium. He controls his four prosthetic limbs with his thoughts, and they in turn send tactile information straight to his brain. The technology melds so fluidly with his mind that he confidently runs up and delivers the opening kick of the 2014 World Cup
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