Jul 25

Monkeys and scientists develop persistent “plug and play” control over brain-to-computer interface

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While we’ve seen some pretty amazing things so far with computers jacked into human and monkey brains, systems so far have had to be re-learned each session by their subjects. In a new development, researchers at Berkeley have managed to get their monkeys to develop a “memory” for the controls, and recall them instantly each day. To do this, the scientists kept track of specific neurons from day to day — a little tough to do, but obviously worth the hassle. It’s good news for future brain-to-computer interfaces that will enable the disabled and the truly lazy to perform tasks and kick ass through the mere power of thought, but we’re a little afraid of giving these monkeys too much in the way of internet access: the world doesn’t need another 4chan.

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