Wireless bionic arm would feel real

[herpguy]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it will put $55 million into prosthetic arm research.

 

Part of this money will go towards devoloping a "peripheral nerve interface," a device designed to relay nerve pulses wirelessly from what's left of a limb to the person's belt, which would have a computer mounted on it. Then, the signal will be routed to back the bionic arm and nerves in that area, where they would flow back to the brain naturally. This would allow people to feel the arm as if it was an actual limb, and control it more accurately.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060424/sc_space/wirelessbionicarmwouldfeelreal;_ylt=AmhTIMHvgUJsLwKTEwe8R0cPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

[alt_f13]

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060327_neuro_chips.html

 

A link on the page concerning communication between neurons and computer chips.

 

I've always said I'd love to be the first to install a math co-processor in my brain.

 

...Well, maybe second...

[bascule]

Brain/Computer Interfaces rule

[ecoli]

Brain/Computer Interfaces rule

 

yep, the next step to intellegence enhancement and the Singularity.

[Genecks]

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