Originally published November 6 2003
Brain controlled robotic arm experiment moves to humans next
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
With this implant, monkeys were able to control robotic arms with their brains. On the surface, this doesn't sound too amazing to me, since I can control ten toes, two legs, two arms and a whole slew of back muscles with my brain, too. It's called walking. And I don't need an implant to do it.
But the application of this technology is for people who may not have all those limbs. With this implant, the thinking goes, people with disabilities might be able to control robotic limbs or motorized wheelchairs. So Cyperkinetics is asking for permission to try this on humans.
There will be many human subjects anxious to participate, and I say go for it. Let's see how far they can take this science. But enough with the monkeys. Do these experiments on people who welcome it, not on slave animals who never volunteered for brain surgery in the first place. How would you like your skull cracked open just so a bunch of lab coat wearing geeks could find out if your brain can fire up a robotic arm? I'm surprised the monkey didn't whack a few of 'em with the arm, frankly.
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