March/April 2008
The Power of Thought
Miguel Nicolelis continues to lead the way in neural-implant technology.
By Michael Patrick Gibson
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A 2001 Technology Review article described experiments done by Miguel Nicolelis, in which a monkey used brain signals to remotely control a simple robotic arm (shown in front of Nicolelis).
Credit: Patricia Mcdonough |
In January a rhesus monkey named Idoya did what no other creature has done before: she made a robot walk just by thinking about it. All Idoya had to do was imagine taking a step, and the robot would actually take it.
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