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| Subject: Researchers connect two monkeys via computer chips, allowing one to control the other's movement Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:31 pm | |
| Scientists have successfully used computer chips to link two monkeys together, allowing one monkey's brain to control the other's body movement.
Researchers say they hope their work - partly inspired by Hollywood blockbuster Avatar - will lead to the development of implants for patients who have nerve or spinal cord paralysis.
Harvard neurosurgeon Ziv Williams, who co-authored the study published in the journal Nature Communications, says the paper aimed to find possible ways to treat people with cervical spinal cord injuries and are quadriplegic or have had brain stem strokes.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-19/monkey-controls-anothers-movement-via-computer-link/5269934 |
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