Monkey Makes Robot Walk Using Only Her Neurons

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Submitted by geekbits on Wednesday January 16 2008, @04:00PM

geekbits writes "For all those who have at one time or another been too lazy to get up off the couch and go to the fridge and get a beer, heat up some pizza, or change the channel when the remote is missing, we may be one step closer to being able to keep our tushes parked just a little while longer. There may also be some slightly more noble implications here. According to an article in The New York Times, in an experiment at Duke University, a'12-pound, 32-inch monkey made a 200-pound, 5-foot humanoid robot walk on a treadmill using only her brain activity. She was in North Carolina, and the robot was in Japan.'"
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We are getting Closer to ROBOTIC WAGELESS ECONOMY (Score:1)

by posys (1120031) writes:

This Monkey controlled robot is great news !!!
Get excited, our Emancipation from the Machinery of Economy
can occur in 5 years when you GET INVOLVED and CREATE the DEMAND
for THE ROBOTIC WAGELESS ECONOMY [roboeco.com] ,
when you, talk to others and MAKE IT AN ISSUE for our LEADERS...
It just plain makes sense !!!
http://RoboEco.com [roboeco.com]

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We are getting Closer to ROBOTIC WAGELESS ECONOMY (Score:1)