[extropy-chat] mech arm controlled via neurons

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Avatar Polymorph <avatar at renegadeclothing.com.au>
wrote:
> 24.03.2004
> 10.20am
> WASHINGTON - Scientists who trained a monkey to move
> a mechanical arm using
> thought alone say that experiments in Parkinson's
> disease patients show the
> technique may work in humans too.

So...why did this need to be re-proven?  There was
substantial existing literature that already proved
this.  (Minor irritation: those who think this hasn't
been done before waste their time repeating earlier
work, thus delaying the eventual release of what
they're working towards.)