High-performance neuroprosthetic control: paralyzed lady controls robot arm by brain impulses

prosthetic arm by DARPA

Today The Lancelet published an article on a 52 year old woman who is paralyzed from the neck downwards. American scientists were able to develop a prosthetic hand which she can control by two networks of microelectrodes implanted in her motor cortex, regions of the brain that involve planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements

Twilight Zone Robotics

taken from Wikipedia

Ah, I rediscovered the joy of watching The Twilight Zone, perfect to conclude a long evening shift at the hotel!

"Steel" is, in my humble opinion, not the best episode, but it is interesting: the story, written in 1963, is about "the future year of 1974" (*snigger*) and the interesting part is how they predict the evolution in robotics by that time.

Ayo Technology!

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We geeks (yes, geeks) already had a good month with IBM's Watson winning Jeopardy, beating the crap out of two human champions. Artificial inteligence is fascinating. But now I got news from a carnivorous robot and Thursday the first two-legged robot marathon kicked off in Osaka.