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Playing Games With One's Brainwaves

PolloDiablo writes "Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have reported success with recording the signals a brain sends out to the other parts of the body and using them to play a game. The subjects had to move a cursor towards a target in a one-dimensional environment without using any bodypart, just pure brainpower. One subject had a success rate of 100%. This could prove a breakthrough in the use of prosthetics. The next step is repeating the same test in a 2-dimensional environment. Similar tests have been done with monkeys before but never with humans."

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  1. Re:Emotions by orthogonal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Maybe emotions could be used to help provide movement as well. An intense emotion such as anger has been known to motivate people.

    Fuck off, pig!