MONKEY MANIPULATES MECHANICAL ARM official

(0222 CR M04)MONKEY MANIPULATES MECHANICAL ARMDATELINE: Feb. 22, 2012LENGTH: 00:01:38CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGYPKGINTROWith a tiny sensor implanted in brain, a monkey can use its mind to prompt a mechanical arm to reach and grab food and drinks.The achievement was announced by scientists with east China's Zhejiang University on Monday.China Report has the details.PKGAccording to the research group, the Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) technology is a real blessing for people with paralyzing conditions.The group leader says it is the latest achievement in the BMI field, and not only brings hope to precision artificial limb development, but also deciphers the brain's code and builds up a bio-feedback model.Scientists first implanted a tiny sensor, which is a bit smaller than a computer key, beneath the skull of a monkey named Jianhui, and then recorded every movement Jianhui made.The sensor, functioning as a grid, holds 200 tiny electrodes, which are each linked to one neuron, and transfers the
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