Posted on September 4, 2007 by Snowcrash
A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts. Another sci-fi movie standard depicts robots doing humans’ bidding. Now the two are combined, and in real life: University of Washington researchers can control the movement of a humanoid robot with signals from a human [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2007 by Snowcrash
A monkey has a microchip in its brain which allows it to move a robotic arm as if it were its real arm, without any visible effort.
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Posted on August 24, 2007 by Snowcrash
A rocket-powered bionic arm has been successfully developed and tested by a team of mechanical engineers at Vanderbilt University as part of a $30 million military program to develop advanced prosthetic devices for next generation of super-soldiers.The mechanical arm mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor can lift (curl) about 20 to 25 pounds, three [...]
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