Guy controls robotic arm so says scientists

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gerb131
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Dec 2, 2009 5:37pm
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20091202/UPDATES01/91202017
And I can bend a Dennys spoon with my eyes if you look away for ten seconds.
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gorocks99
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Dec 2, 2009 5:41pm
They've made it happen before (controlling a robotic prosthetic with brain waves), although I'm skeptical as well if this is really as big a breakthrough as they're making it out to be.
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raiderbuck
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Dec 2, 2009 5:54pm
Crazy. I was just talking to my sister about this. She's an engineer for a medical equipment manufacturer and she sat through a seminar that discussed mind controlled robotic prosthetics. At the time, they were using chimps with microchips in their brains that would communicate with the robots. I thought she was full of it, but apparently these kinds of medical breakthroughs are real.
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This_DJ_3
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Dec 2, 2009 8:16pm
i bet one of these will cost you an arm and a leg!!
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Sykotyk
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Dec 2, 2009 9:39pm
This_DJ_3 wrote: i bet one of these will cost you an arm and a leg!!
Funny. But don't quit your day job :p