Ping
Wicked awesome!
excellent!
This is good news.
Thanks A.L.
jm
Very interesting. Thanks for this post.
I'm always enthusiastic about these advances until I realize that the first operator to venture outside with one of these will probably get a DWI.
Did anyone see the "Star Trek" episode where a planet of people had this power, and used it to make Kirk, Spock, & Uhura humiliate themselves?
This is scary to me...perhaps this is conspiratorial sounding...but...if something can be invented to allow the mind to control something, is that far away from something that can be used to do the reverse? (I know I'm sounding like tinfoiler here but given the article this is a legitimate question, I think...)
George: Well, we just blew 240 bucks on a wheelchair.
Jerry: 240 bucks?
George: Well, it was slightly used...
Jerry: Used?
[cut to Lola rolling down a hill trying to use her brakes that don't work, screaming]
Handout from Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology shows the size of a neural interface -- which when implanted on the surface of the brain -- enables thoughts to move a computer cursor. Cuba and China have agreed to launch a biotechnology venture to develop neurotechnology products in China.(AFP/File)