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Monkey's Thoughts Move Robot on Other Side of the Planet

youtube.com — Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have used a monkey's brain activity to control a robot on the other side of the globe. In what researchers tout as a first-of-its-kind experiment, monkeys' thoughts controlled the walking patterns of a robot in Japan. "They can walk in complete synchronization," said Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, who also is

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ennTOXX, on 03/26/2008, -2/+6OK I can digg this, but can the monkey make me breakfast when I'm hungover?... :||
- SmellyFingers, on 03/26/2008, -9/+2No, but it can jack you off when you realize you'll never get a girlfriend.
  - GeorgeStone2, on 03/26/2008, -0/+7Dugg down for being a jerk for no reason.
blairxbear, on 03/26/2008, -13/+0Can they make something that makes your penis move when you think about it? Cause mine hasn't moved in years. Except when i look at guys but I'm not sure what that means...
- GeorgeStone2, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2HAHA THAT'S SO FUNNY!
SeventhSon, on 03/26/2008, -4/+18I'll get it out of the way.
I, for one, welcome our new robo-sapien overlords.
nwoantibody, on 03/26/2008, -3/+1Banana, banana, BANANA!
blackbeardtron, on 03/26/2008, -7/+6"Alright, fellow scientists. We've been given lots of money for research. What shall we spend it on? Do you want to try to cure cancer?"
"How about if we hook wires to a monkey's brain and make him remote control a robot?"
"BRILLIANT!!! Let's get right on that!"
- TheZorch, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3Stop being an *****, this is research that can give people doomed to stay in wheelchairs the rest of their lives the ability to one day walk again.
  - jaznova, on 03/26/2008, -1/+3So if I become paralyzed, some monkey on the other side of the planet can control my exoskeleton?
    - meyert11, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1are you an idiot? They did this by implanting electrodes in the monkeys brain and estimating the readout to move the robot. Thus if you become paralyzed, they could put electrodes in your brain, replace your legs with robotic ones ...
yojiffyskippy, on 03/26/2008, -0/+4That's monkey business.
annflower, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Soon monkeys will hire Ukranian workers to gather bananas for them )))
Antibland, on 03/26/2008, -0/+12You know, sometimes *not* telling a joke is the best decision.
- GeorgeStone2, on 03/26/2008, -1/+5Tell that to my ex wife! Heyoooo.
  - surKaz, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2Man,.. That was Hilarious.. I dunno why.. just funny..
gymbrall, on 03/26/2008, -1/+2Didn't they have a monkey control a robot in the same room via brainwaves several years ago? How is adding networking into it any different, except as a test of lag?
(Maybe this is how they plan to keep both Mars Rovers operating through the Martian Winter...)
- meyert11, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1your right. But before, they had a monkey move an arm. This time its both legs.
Sunsneezer, on 03/26/2008, -1/+5What? No shot of the actual monkey?
Lame clip about something awesome... consider it buried.
Conwaysb0718, on 03/26/2008, -0/+8ITS MONKEY BATTLEMECH TIME!!!
cuscott, on 03/26/2008, -1/+0This is what I thought about when I read the caption

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmCcwvbWrgI
DangerCollie, on 03/26/2008, -0/+9Guess that explains the robot I saw throwing handfuls of excrement at people walking by.
linkerjpatrick, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Why don't we just hook up a monkey to the Mars rover thing and kill two birds with one stone?
hagfish70, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2After many years the great theoretical question of mankind has finally been answered…. Monkey beats robot!!
- Blanchflower, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Yeah Monkey wins! Unless the robot was being monkey-controlled all along..
thecoolestguy, on 03/26/2008, -1/+15a monkey has been controlling ***** from across the planet for 7 years now.
vanebeard, on 03/26/2008, -3/+0Big deal.
In Soviet Russia...monkey walk you!
Gonasadude, on 03/26/2008, -1/+5*sigh* Link to actual video of the monkey walking instead of this lame *****. http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
- surKaz, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Will check after I get outta work... Dang IT... I'm working!.. Lemme watch my videos..!
- aerthling, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1This is an insult to the Monkey - talk about throwing s**t at passers by
robotto, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1This could be helpful for people with disabilities, but this technique needs to be perfected.
TheYar, on 03/26/2008, -0/+3But can a ninja use his mind to move a pirate?
- surKaz, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2no, no, sir.. Do NOT start that here... Digg is crawling with both..
KayDex86, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Would this explain George Bush Jnr? I'm imagining that in Japan somewhere, there is a monkey hooked up to him. It could explain all the wires you see running up Georges back when he gives speeches?
jwk4heels, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Boo Duke sucks. In sports at least. They still suck.
TheZorch, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1We're slowly moving closer and closer to the day when the stuff we see in Cyberpunk starts to become an everyday reality.
dafragsta, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2Monkey hate clean!
freshyill, on 03/26/2008, -0/+5Um, who the hell cares if it's on the other side of the planet or the other side of the room? That's not the impressive part. We all have Internet access.

Now... if the Internet *wasn't* involved, and this Super Monkey was controlling robots half a world away, *then* I would be impressed. And terrified. Impressed and terrified.
- meyert11, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1As a fellow neuroscientist, your absolutely right. The important thing is that the neural signals allow the robot to walk, not the internet crap. Nicolelis is known for trying to bring the drama, especially when its time for a promotion ;o)
Spartandog, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Planet of the Apes meets Transformers. As Lewis Black once said "Damn you scientists! We can defeat the monkeys, we can defeat the robots, BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME!"
porkdanish, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1When charged particles of more than 5 TeV pass through a bubble chamber, they leave a trail of candy.
momsshizzle, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1I misread the title. I thought it was "Linsux User's Thoughts Move Robot on Other Side of the Planet." My bad.
NanoStuff, on 03/26/2008, -0/+2This is far less incredible than it sounds.
alrodrigu, on 03/26/2008, -0/+0Good lord! What if the monkey thought about throwing poo?!?
- pantsbandit, on 03/26/2008, -0/+0shiiit.
raid517, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1Monkey see... Monkey do....!
darkciti2, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1s / on / to

would have been cooler.
miken32, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I'm picturing a robot jumping on somebody's head a là 'Hail to the Chimp.'
nardo510, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1thats pretty SCARY!!
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