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Honda Robot Controlled By Brain Waves

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-cybernetic-army-thanks-you-in-advance dept.

Dotnaught writes "Honda researchers to have developed a way to control robots using human brain waves. Using brain signals read from a person in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, a robotic hand mirrored the movement of the human controller, spreading its fingers and making a 'V' sign."

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  1. I for one . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our new mind-reading overlords!

    1. Re:I for one . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Not so fast! Rumor has it that putting tinfoil around your head stops the robots!

      Viva la resistencia!

  2. finally! by dwarfling · · Score: 3, Funny

    guess vulcan trekkies have robo friends ;)

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  3. Where's Mitchell Gant when you need him? by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I must think in... Japanese?!?!"

    1. Re:Where's Mitchell Gant when you need him? by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apparently you have to learn German if you want to become a doctor in Japan.

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  4. Unfortunately... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...further trials resulted in the robotic hand trying to touch itself every other minute and repeatly making lewd gestures with it's middle finger.

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  5. With mind-reading robots available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...can a Stephen Hawking Transformer be far behind?

  6. With this technology by donglekey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I could steal old people's medicine

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  7. Also found in the news: by EmperorKagato · · Score: 2, Funny

    Venture Capitalists fund $300 billion dollars into a project presented by an organization called NERV.

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  8. Just what we need, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    More perverted robots.

  9. Is it just me... by llvllatrix · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...or did that have giant fighting robots written all over it?

  10. Mind Reader by tgpo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I really don't want a Robot acting out what's in my head. The mixture of honey, custard, cucumbers, and Captain Cruch cereal is deadly on robotic moving parts....just trust me on this one.

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  11. Quirky Robots by MrSquirrel · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just pray the day never comes when robots learn our most dear secret -- THE SHOCKER. Once they learn how to please our women, we are doomed! What do our fleshy human bodies have to offer a woman that an indestructible killing/loving machine cannot?

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  12. Re:At least they aren't thinking for themselves... by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

    My God, you're right! With this technology, someone could poke both of your eyes at once. We must invent a robotic hand we can put up against our noses to block this weapon immediately.

  13. So, here's the technical question... by caudron · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...is it still called "masturbation" if the robot is the one doing it to you?

    Tom Caudron
    http://tom.digitalelite.com/

    P.S. I look forward to 15 years from now when my daughter reads this comment after searching on my name. What a proud moment in my history to share with future generations. :(

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  14. Re:Who has a billion dollars? by SeaFox · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the catch is you have to have a brain. That should lower the uptake on this thing.