Here's A Monkey Moving Wheelchair With Thoughts
A new study reveals that laboratory monkeys successfully maneuvered a wheelchair with their minds after receiving an implant called a brain-machine interface or BMI.
A recent demonstration involving laboratory monkeys could one day help disabled humans become more mobile.
A new study reveals that the animals successfully maneuvered a wheelchair with their minds after receiving an implant called a brain-machine interface or BMI.
For the experiment, a team at Duke University Health System placed very thin electrodes into the brain areas that relate to movement and sensation.
One of two rhesus monkeys was then placed in a wheelchair programmed to move based on the signals received by the BMI.
Researchers found that the subjects could not only move themselves to the goal, a bowl of grapes, but they were also able to improve their navigation upon repetition
A recent demonstration involving laboratory monkeys could one day help disabled humans become more mobile.
A new study reveals that the animals successfully maneuvered a wheelchair with their minds after receiving an implant called a brain-machine interface or BMI.
For the experiment, a team at Duke University Health System placed very thin electrodes into the brain areas that relate to movement and sensation.
One of two rhesus monkeys was then placed in a wheelchair programmed to move based on the signals received by the BMI.
Researchers found that the subjects could not only move themselves to the goal, a bowl of grapes, but they were also able to improve their navigation upon repetition
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