"Sì, abbiamo un'anima. Ma è fatta di tanti piccoli robot" – "Yes, we have a soul, but it’s made of lots of tiny robots."
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Chocolate Eating Cyborg
Researchers at UMPC have tested a brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows a woman with spinocerebellar degeneration to feed herself using a robotic arm. Her first meal? A chocolate bar.
We still have a long way to go before we can replicate these results without invasive brain surgery, but we are inching closer to sophisticated cyborgs every year.
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