Monkeys Adapt Robot Arm as Their Own

FiReaNGeL writes "Neurobiologists from the Duke University Medical Center are training monkeys to use their brain signals to control a robotic arm; but they are not just learning to manipulate an external device. Rather, "their brain structures are adapting to treat the arm as if it were their own appendage", via a brain-implanted chip. "The finding has profound implications both for understanding the extraordinary adaptability of the primate brain and for the potential clinical success of brain-operated devices to give the handicapped the ability to control their environment", said the researchers. Read the story here with full details."

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Great, just what we need...

[crlove]

Damn, dirty apes....

Re:I wonder....

[Sewer Panda]

And flinging poo. Dear god, just imagine what damage three poo-flinging arms could inflict...