Monkeys controlling Robots. You know Sharks with laser eyes are just around the corner.
Using only its brainpower, a monkey can direct a robotic arm to pluck a marshmallow from a skewer and stuff it into its mouth, researchers said on Wednesday. “They are using a motorized prosthetic arm to reach out, grab and bring the food back to their face,” said Andrew Schwartz of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, whose study will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Nature.
…The monkey guides the robot arm the same way it does its natural limbs, through brain signals.
Schwartz’ team picks up those signals through an array of microelectrodes half the size of a thumbtack that has been implanted in the monkey’s brain. These signals are amplified and relayed to a computer that operates the robotic arm.
Better start work on that gun collection and bomb shelter. Its almost like Planet of the Apes meets Terminator.
You know that you will get one too
by FaaQ on May 16, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
Small animals and children will taste my pain, all for a cool $40 bones.
Re-facing Currency
by FaaQ on May 15, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
I’ve come across dollar bills with “I grew hemp” stamps before. But these are pretty cool.
Sweet baby jesus: Ponchos
by FaaQ on May 14, 2008 @ 6:07 am
Honestly, I could see this ad running in the NYTimes if they don’t get their circulation numbers up soon.
P.S. Bacon is life!
by FaaQ on May 9, 2008 @ 9:04 am
Hot Hot Bug on Bug Action!
by FaaQ on May 8, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Check out Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno over at Sundance. Trust me, you want to see this.
What’s missing from this picture?
by FaaQ on @ 7:50 am
Finding a photo album like this, is the result of reading too much ED.
Answers:
a. phosphorous grenade
b. non-virgins
c. KLFJoat (oh wait, he’s wearing the hat)
I think this is why Fark has a “Florida” tag
by FaaQ on May 7, 2008 @ 9:33 am
But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of its own.
“I get a call the middle of the day from the supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, ‘Jim, we have a huge issue. You can’t take any more assignments. You need to come in right away,'” he said.
When Piculas went in, he learned his little magic trick cast a spell that went much farther than he’d hoped.
“I said, ‘Well Pat, can you explain this to me?’Â ‘You’ve been accused of wizardry,’ [he said]. Wizardry?” he asked.
Flori-DUH, amirite!
Bai Ling is a Thai Street Whore
by FaaQ on May 6, 2008 @ 5:32 am
But you already knew this. Crank 2 appears to be a movie with nothing but tittys flopping out of shirts. Can’t say I will be disappointed by that.
Also, now that no one really gives a shit, Neve Campbell decides to bust a move. Now that I see her nipples, I can understand why she waited until her career was over to do this.
One more reason not to trust people wearing Sports Jackets.
by FaaQ on May 5, 2008 @ 10:48 am
I don’t know about you, but personally, I hate the idea of Doll-Faced strangers with axes hiding in my fucking house.