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.
Sharks with fricken laser beams, throw me a bone here people…..