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Matrix-Style Brain Interface Closer To Reality

Posted by timothy on from the be-your-own-neo dept.

atkulp writes "According to this Wired article, a private company, Cyberkinetics is seeking permission from the FDA to test a product called BrainGate that implants in the brain and can control actions on a computer. So far it works for monkeys and they'd like to see it as viable for quadriplegics and others in need. How soon until anyone can become the ultimate expansion card? Sign me up!"

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  1. screw the matrix by proj_2501 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can get a remote-controlled monkey?!

    1. Re:screw the matrix by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine a beawulf cluster of US.

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    2. Re:screw the matrix by nih · · Score: 5, Funny

      will this one do?

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  2. Yes, but .. by Autonomous+Cowherder · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. will I be able to run Linux?

    1. Re:Yes, but .. by NeoThermic · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or a direct link to your brain got posted on slashdot...

      NeoThermic

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  3. Ugh... by ManicGiraffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    So....imagine a Beowulf cluster of *me*!

    [rimshot...]

  4. No M$ for mine... by BitWarrior · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm game as long as it's not controlled by Windows. I can see it now, it's the ultimate experience in VR except for the minor annoyance of crashing and killing the connected users after a few days.

  5. Re:Not exactly the Matrix by Lane.exe · · Score: 5, Funny
    It would be killer for fighter pilots though

    I thought so too, until I realised that the human brain has a tendency to wander. Sure, in the middle of aerial combat they'd be focused, but can you imagine what would happen in the case that some pilot is cruising along and thinks of his girlfriend back home? Yeah that's right... a very sharp climb into a stall.

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  6. Re:Not like The Matrix at all by SpyPlane · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it can get information from my brain, can I finally prove to my wife that I have no f-ing clue what she is talking about most of the time, or that I REALLY don't care where we go eat friday!

    Let me know.

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  7. Re:Not exactly the Matrix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I think the plane would dump all of it's fuel. ;)

  8. Wow. by adun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gives the phrase Blue Screen of Death a whole new lease on terror, doesn't it?