I hope this article doesn’t creep out as many people as the Remote Controlled Pigeon article did. It looks like researchers have found a way to take some brain cells and repourposed them to operate a robot. Have a look at this New Scientist article for more information.
"It’s these spontaneous electrical patterns that researchers at the University of Reading in the UK want to harness to control a robot. If they can do so reliably, by stimulating the neurons with signals from sensors on the robot and using the neurons’ response to get the robots to respond, they hope to gain insights into how brains function. Such insights might help in the treatment of conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy."
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