Monkeys wired to a robot arms via brain interface
Researchers wired two monkeys brains to a computer linked to robotic arms. When monkeys reached for food or used a joystick, the arms matched the motions. The work suggests paralyzed people might one day move artificial limbs by thinking. Duke University scientist Miguel Nicolelis called it reality not science fiction. Findings published in Nature.
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