Controlling Robots with the Mind

loucura! writes "Scientific American has a fairly technical article on the real-time control of robotic limbs using recorded neuron patterns. The researcher's macaque has simultaneously controlled two robotic arms in addition to its own arm motion. The amazing thing? One of the arms was 600 miles away. So, they transmitted and translated the "commands" into motion in less than 300 milliseconds!" It's still a long ways off from helping the disabled or making a Dr. Octopus suit, but the potential uses are pretty cool.

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When Captain Cyborg, aka Professor Kevin Warwick, media whore extraordinaire, makes claims of remotely controlling stuff thousands of miles away using the "power of his miiiind", he is cast as a pariah. But this article is seen as amazing? gee whizz, whats the big deal anyway? modulating electrical signals over various conduits and having them demodulated and acted upon at the other end is old science .. and that's all that's happening here.