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NSF Funds Mind-machine Interface Center

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-thought-about-that-once dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington. 'The center will work on robotic devices that interact with, assist and understand the nervous system,' said director Yoky Matsuoka. 'It will combine advances in robotics, neuroscience, electromechanical devices and computer science to restore or augment the body's ability for sensation and movement.' Steve Austin, anyone?"

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  1. Mind/Machine Interface by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Prerequisite: Doctrine: Air Power, Neural Grafting
    Technology: Graviton Theory, Digital Sentience, Biomachinery
    Secret Project: The Cyborg Factory
    Secret Project: The Cloudbase Academy
    Citizens: Thinker
    Chassis: Copter
    Diplomatic Proposal: Unite Behind Me As Supreme Leader
    Special Ability: Drop Pods
    Improves Probe Team success rate.
    Track and Level: Conquer 6

  2. NSF Funds? by bhcompy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Non-sufficient funds funds?

  3. Re:I know someone is going to install it but... by Medevilae · · Score: 2

    Well aside from the whole neural-interface thing, the initials are NSF. (the 'terrorist' organization from DE1)

  4. Not enough coffee by MonsterTrimble · · Score: 2

    I read the headline and my thought was 'from the Lt. Barclay was here dept.'

    Then read the summary and thought? Steve Austin? What the hell does Stone Cold have to do with this?

    --
    I call it 'The Aristocrats'
  5. Self-indulgence, anyone? by ZaphDingbat · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What is this stupid phrasing "Steve Austin, anyone?" about? Why do people use it? You can just hear the writer's pleading voice going "Eh? Eh? Aren't I clever?" as if you couldn't catch his meaning unless he elbowed you in the ribs a few more times.

    1. Re:Self-indulgence, anyone? by slick7 · · Score: 2

      What is this stupid phrasing "Steve Austin, anyone?" about? Why do people use it? You can just hear the writer's pleading voice going "Eh? Eh? Aren't I clever?" as if you couldn't catch his meaning unless he elbowed you in the ribs a few more times.

      Hey, whatta bout Jamie Sommers?

      --
      The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
  6. Well... by mjhiggins · · Score: 2

    We have the technology

  7. Re:If I replace a leg ... by jamiesan · · Score: 2

    I want a prosthetic torso that makes a "You've got Mail" sound when I get shot in the chest with an Arrow. "Message for you Sir!"