October 15, 2008

Monkeys move paralysed muscles with their minds: Sending brain signals through electrodes to a paralysed wrist muscle restores movement. [Via]

posted by homunculus 15 years ago

Moving paralysed muscles with your mind seems like either an oxy moron or redundant. I can't tell which.
posted 15 years ago by Mr. Knickerbocker
Y'know, on the one hand this is good and valuable research, but on the other, I bet these scientists didn't just find a whole bunch of paralysed monkeys to experiment on. *conflicted*
posted 15 years ago by kitfisto
kitfisto, the article explains that.
posted 15 years ago by Mr. Knickerbocker
Oooooh. That's ok then. Carry on. More experimentation on monkeys please!
posted 15 years ago by kitfisto
Does this mean that one day I can plug a cord into the back of my head and control one of these?
posted 15 years ago by waxboy
I should think so! That's the sort of thing the Industrial Revolution was all about!
posted 15 years ago by The Underpants Monster

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