Can we use our brains to directly control machines -- without requiring a body as the middleman? Miguel Nicolelis talks through an astonishing experiment, in which a clever monkey in the US learns to control a monkey avatar, and then a robot arm in Japan, purely with its thoughts. The research has big implications for quadraplegic people -- and maybe for all of us. (Filmed at TEDMED 2012.)
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A group of American researchershave developed Brainput -- pronounced brain-put, not bra-input -- a system that can detect when your brain is busy, and offload some of your workload to a computer. More on ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics 
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Jianhui manipulates objects with his hands and gets a drink as a reward. Unknown to him, not far away a robot hand mirrors his fingers' moves as it receives instructions from the chips implanted in his brain. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Equipped with tiny sensors, insects could scout out buildings filled with noxious chemicals, check under rubble after an earthquake and go places no human spy ever could.
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Brain implants, a robotic arm, thought control — it sounds far out. But in Brown University’s BrainGate experiment, the combination work...
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Researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech have developed a way to automate the process of finding and recording information from neurons in the living brain. ROBOTICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Before you read this post, please see “I, Robopsychologist, Part 1: Why Robots Need Psychologists.” A current trend in AI research involves attempts to replicate a human learning system at the neuronal level—beginning with a single functioning synapse, then an entire neuron, the ultimate goal being a complete replication of the human brain. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=7&tag=neuroscience
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Monty Python may claim credit for immortalizing the “silly walk,” but molecular biology beat the comedy troupe to the punch. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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But can you ball room dance with it?