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El_Machinae

May 26 2006, 03:53 PM

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Being a bodyless head used to really stink. But it's gotten a bit better! Were they satisfied watching endless tv? Maybe, but not so much, now that we can control robots using brainwaves.

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In a video demonstration in Tokyo, brain signals detected by a magnetic resonance imaging scanner were relayed to a robotic hand. A person in the MRI machine made a fist, spread his fingers and then made a V-sign. Several seconds later, a robotic hand mimicked the movements.
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What Honda calls a "brain-machine interface" is an improvement over past approaches, such as those that required surgery to connect wires. Other methods still had to train people in ways to send brain signals or weren't very accurate in reading the signals, Kamitani said.

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El_Machinae Being a brain in a jar May 26 2006, 03:53 PM

Kanada Ten "Nixon's back, bitches!" May 26 2006, 04:02 PM

stevebugge Good thing htis wasn't around when they design... May 26 2006, 04:09 PM

eidolon QUOTE (Kanada Ten) "Nixon's back, bitches... May 26 2006, 06:07 PM

Snow_Fox Yup, my first thought too. scary. May 27 2006, 03:14 PM

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