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Robotic Arm Controlled By Monkey Thoughts
mallumax writes "The BBC reports that Pittsburgh University scientists have succeeded in creating a robotic arm, controlled by probes inserted into the brain of monkeys. The probes interpret signals from individual nerve cells in the motor cortex. Monkeys were able to grasp and hold food with the robotic arm. Since the number of nerve signals for even small movements is huge the scientists used an averaging algorithm to obtain the movement signals."
That's my monkey controlled robot arm's hand on your ass.
As long as the monkey doesn't have a nipple fetish I think we'll be fine.
Is there such thing as an obligatory Sealab 2021 quote yet?
News Anchor: Scientists have successfully transplanted little Jango's brain into a robot monkey body. on a sad note, however, Jambo died late last night after drinking his own urine.
Sparks: Hey, Skip. What do you think about all this robot stuff?
Murphy: Why? Are we under attack?!
Sparks: No..but that robot monkey on the news..
Murphy: You're kidding! That guy's a robot monkey?
I think the monkeys at the zoo should have to wear sunglasses so they can't hypnotize you.
-Jack Handy
Robot Monkey Arms flings robot poo!!
"In this world gone mad, we won't spank the monkey, the monkey will spank us."
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people experimented with monkey thoughts
From the article:
"Our biggest problem is durability of the probes. Typically they last for about six months."
I'd say a bigger problem is that to make this work, you have to stick friggin' needles into the brain!
How about some sort of non-invasive sensor cap as the "next step."
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shit at blindingly fast speeds. Ex-cellent.
So when this tech matures will they be able to attatch a 3rd arm to my back so i can scratch my ass without distracting me from other activities. cool, but where would i buy shirts?
we can teach them to type! /.ers.
This will do wonders for the quality of discussion on Slashdot. CmdrTaco, if your reading this, please give extra mod points to non-human
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Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
The article says the team's biggest problem is that after about 6 months tissue grown begins to interfere with transmission of signals to the probe.
This will no doubt limit the adoption of monkey cyborgs in RTOS and embedded spaces, and proves the old adage, "Always mount a scratch monkey".
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When given pen and paper, it wrote down:
"Developers, developers, developers!!!!"
I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a monkey arm controlled by robot thoughts.
That's my fembot's gorilla controlled ass!
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raise your hand.
Just as I thought. 65,567,289 people.
American Mecha-Monkey Marines, the most potent weapon in the fight against terrorism!
"Run! They've mastered tool use!"
I for one welcome our new robotic armed monkey overlords!
Sounds like the premise for a good cartoon or video game.
Though we'll need to modify the title a bit and put them into space.
In the end, I have to say it...
I for one, welcome our new Mecha-Monkey Marine Overlords.
Ye Gads! That's the title...
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Robots don't kill people.
Monkey-controlled robots kill people.
...that scientists are getting fairly sophisticated at using monkeys.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.