A brain-computer interface was implanted in a Japanese man’s motor cortex. Signals that would have made his own arms and legs move instead went to the avatar’s, making it move. Here’s the video and the story.

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The NYT reports that Dr. Andrew Schwartz, professor of neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh, and his colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University have managed to get monkeys to control a robotic arm with their thoughts in order to put food in their mouths. This is not a new feat, but according to the Times, [...]

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