Retro Futuristic Cyborg Monkeys
Let’s hope your passion for human health exceeds your resentment of (lesser-) animal cruelty. Here are two videos of monkeys slash mechanical arms, controlled using signals from their motor cortex via implanted electrodes. Neither of the videos are too clear on whether the movement sequences are limited to what’s shown (move forward, get fruit, bring back) — but I believe these are both rather old and outdated, so who cares. We just want to see the cyborg monkeys!
I love the graphical representation of electric activity in the analyzation software: Green horizontal lines with green and pale blue bars. Almost state of the art yet so retro-futuristic! No, really, they remind me of the first electrocardiograms. So many questions left to answer. Awesome.
Related posts: Project Epoc Brain Control Demo (video), Use Your Head: New Brain Controller.
Just wondering.
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John Pozadzides
Very interesting, and slightly twisted at the same time!
Mar 28th, 2007
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