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Posted in Brain, Motor Control, Perception on Jun 24th, 2009
Has someone just been watching too many sci-fi movies on Hulu? Doctors at Geneva University Hospital disagree. This is a special case of a supernumerary phantom limb. After suffering a stroke, the 64-year old woman says she can see and feel the “presence of a pale, milky-white and translucent third arm.” More surprisingly, she even [...]
Posted in Behaviour, Brain, Motor Control, Techniques on Jan 15th, 2008
Years ago, scientists were able to link a monkey sitting in North Carolina with a robotic arm situated at MIT’s Touch Lab. This doesn’t seem all that remarkable until you notice that the control is entirely by thought. The monkey is manipulating the arm using a brain wave-machine interface that could be used to design [...]
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