Researchers Train Minds to Move Matter

Researchers Train Minds to Move Matter

Learning to move a computer cursor or robotic arm with nothing but thoughts can be no different from learning how to play tennis or ride a bicycle, according to a new study of how brains and machines interact.


John Blanchard
GETTING THE SIGNAL In experiments, signals from the brain’s motor cortex were translated by a “decoder” into deliberate movements of a computer cursor .



The research, which was carried out in monkeys but is expected to apply to humans, involves a fundamental redesign of brain-machine experiments.
In previous studies, the computer interfaces that translate thoughts into movements are given a new set of instructions each day — akin to waking up each morning with a new arm that you have to figure out how to use all over again.
In the new experiments, monkeys learned how to move a computer cursor with their thoughts using just one set of instructions and an unusually small number of brain cells that deliver instructions for performing movements the same way each day.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/health/21brai.html

Well well.
WOW.
This is TRULY awesome. I am really excited about this. If you thin touchscreens are the future of the computer..... I got news for you.
Think about it. Implant this in people once they reach a certain stage in their lives, and we can control a computer with our MINDS. How COOL is that?

~Lordbob

cool stuff...........

After the controlling of cursors with our minds will follow 'uploading of martial arts & helicopter lessons'

The matrix is happening people, COOOOOL

Orbital Shark said:

After the controlling of cursors with our minds will follow 'uploading of martial arts & helicopter lessons'

The matrix is happening people, COOOOOL

do u want the red pill or the blue pill?




Jack O'Neill had the 'gene' already anyway

red pill all day long

worth it!