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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. Cloning next ... by the+real+darkskye · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Then I can have a beowulf cluster of me!

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    1. Re:Cloning next ... by ArsonSmith · · Score: 0, Redundant

      no no.

      Imagine a baewulf cluster of US.

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  2. Imagine a... by BubbaTheBarbarian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Beowolf cluster of THESE bad boys. Damn, that would be SWEET!
    What are the grphics chips on these things?
    (no spell check)

  3. Re:We are the Borg by cyt0plas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I also saw this one - I found the show enjoyable, but the ending could have been better.

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  4. Re:I'll pass by cyt0plas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would imagine it's all in how you are wired up. Perhaps if it were physically hooked into the optic nerve (after beging dampened). You could hear them, but the risk of "mind control" would be minimal (at least, nothing that they couldn't just do with a speaker and your natural hardware).

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