Monkey's brain controls robot arm

COOL!
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monkey's brain controls robot arm

[Sweetpea]

Might be 'cool', but not very cool for the monkey's.

After some training, two monkeys - who had had their own arms restrained

Small probes, the width of a human hair, were inserted into the monkeys' primary motor cortex

They seem more concerned about the banana's.

If the probes are the width of a hair, then I imagine that they don't cause discomfort. Think of the research possibilities.

[Sweetpea]

They seem more concerned about the banana's.

Perhaps you might be if you had been starved?

[Bruv]

"This moves the day when patients disabled after spinal cord injuries or amputations can use brain-controlled bionic limbs from the realm of science fiction towards science fact."

Reason enough for me.........

[Sweetpea]

I have to sit on the fence. I have a science degree and work in science, but using animals for research, rubs, although I know it is a must, sometimes.

[Bruv]

No need to sit on fences, it hurts.

Certain types of experiments are acceptable, this is one of them.

[Haqa]

Originally Posted by churchill

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monkey's brain controls robot arm

So they finally found a use for the contents of Tony Blair's skull!

H.