Skip the helmet, go straight to the brain implants
Are you reading this in Japan? Got a hankering to leap-frog into the cyborg future? Want to skip the neuron scanning helmets about to come to market?
Well, get thee down to Osaka University where they are skipping the helmets, and going straight to direct brain control.
The aim of the research is to develop real-time mind-controlled robotic limbs for the disabled…
Although brain waves can be measured from outside the scalp, a stronger, more accurate signal can be obtained by placing sensors directly on the brain…
The procedure, which does not involve puncturing the cortex, places an electrode sheet at the central sulcus, a fold across the center of the brain near the primary motor cortex (which is responsible for planning and executing movements).
Given they are still to even connect it up to a robot arm, you might want to give it a little bit longer before offering your grey-matter up to a bunch of engineers. It will be interesting to see how successful they are.
from Pink Tentacle
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