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Computer Control Implants for the Paralyzed

Posted by Cliff on from the making-progress dept.

unassimilatible writes: "The Boston Globe is reporting that Cyberkinetics Inc. is about to ask federal regulators for permission to start testing a device that would enable paralyzed people to control computers directly with their brains or possibly help them move their limbs. Initially, the device, implanted into the brains of paralyzed people, will help them control a cursor on a screen or play video games. Researchers believe the technology could one day enable paralyzed people to type, control lights and heating controls, maneuver wheelchairs, or even manipulate robotic arms. I, for one, look forward to playing Stephen Hawking in Unreal Tournament 2004."

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  1. My claim to fame by mrtroy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I claimed I could beat the smartest man in the world at unreal tourney.

    Now they have to go and take that from me.

    Now, sharks can control those laser beams on their heads too!

    --
    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
  2. I, for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new cybernetic paraplegic overlords.

  3. Re:Stephen Hawking... by ashkar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always wanted to see him matched against Christopher Reeves in Celebrity Deathmatch.

  4. Hawking by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, look forward to playing Stephen Hawking in Unreal Tournament 2004.

    I didn't realize that you meant playing AGAINST Hawking at first, and I got an image in my head of a polygonal guy in a wheelchair with a robotic arm holding a monstrous gun zipping all over the screen. It made me chuckle.

  5. Re:Stephen Hawking... by Bendebecker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, personally, I'd fight Ghandi.

    --
    There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
    most of us won't be able to afford it.
    -- Lemmy
  6. Hawking can already kick your ass in Quake and GTA by Rayonic · · Score: 5, Funny
    As is chonicled in his MP3 archive. So I quoteth the bard:

    The Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking Quake god,
    got my finger on the trigger and my eye on the quad.
    I know it's just a game, but I didn't come to play,
    the Hawkman cometh and he's bringing Doomsday.
    You say, "impressive", I already know it,
    I'm a hardcore player and I'm not afraid to show it.
    I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster,
    the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster.
    --
    [PowerPoint] is a tool for capitalist presentation
  7. grudge match! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hawking vs Davros! Oh yeah...

    The winner plays Captain Christopher Pike.

    (I'm such a geek. *sigh*)