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July 13, 2012

Man and robot linked by brain scanner

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by the BBC

Robot avatars have got a step closer to being the real world doubles of those who are paralysed or have locked-in-syndrome. Scientists have made a robot move on a human’s behalf by monitoring thoughts about movement, reports New Scientist. The man-machine link joined a man in a brain scanner in Israel and a robot wandering a laboratory in France. The person controlling the robot could also see through the eyes of his electronic surrogate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18721658#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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