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MONKEYS USE ROBOTS TO FLING POO!!! GROSS!!! :) :)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the technology-continues-to-impress dept.

Bananatree3 writes "A monkey has learned to control a remote arm to fling its own poo at researchers. From the article: " Researchers at Duke University have taught a lab monkey to control the movement of a robotic arm, using only signals from its brain. The monkey's immediate utilization of this new skill was to shower a group of neurobiologists with feces, according to the report by lead researcher Miguel Nicolelis.""

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  1. Other Applications by shoemakc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well duh, what else would you use a robotic arm for?

    -Chris

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    --an unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys--
    1. Re:Other Applications by mobby_6kl · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'd use it to give myself a stranger...