http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/29...tml#cnnSTCVideo

Not much to add...Monkey with sensors in brain + robotic arm = well fed monkey!

This concept is actually several years old. The newest thing I can think of is that the monkey is comfortable with the robot arm and is using it to directly feed itself. Monkeys usually completely freak out when there's a robot arm in the room, even if they're the one controlling it. The original experiment had a robot arm behind a transparent barrier that the monkey could use to put treats into a basket it could reach.

Whee!

lol, I've heard of stories, and read an article or two, just hadn't seen a vid of it yet so I got all excited

Yeah, this is the first video I've seen, too. I would have liked to see more about how the interface works, rather than just occasional glimpses of a ribbon cable from behind a piece of machinery.