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"...phosphenes can be produced by stimulating the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) – an area deep in the centre of the brain that relays visual signals from the retina to the cortex." Sounds

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"Transhumanists are philosophers who believe that one day, cybernetic upgrades will be so powerful, elegant, and inexpensive that everyone will want them." The hard sf fan's ultimate wish-li

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"Scientists are now building a device that records brain signals and transmits them to paralyzed muscles ... In the prosthetic system [...] a brain chip records neural signals from the part of th

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"Founded last year, the nonprofit Open Prosthetics Project applies the ethical and intellectual property foundation of open-source software to the task of building better artificial limbs."

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DARPA-funded research develops a machine to help boost the human brain's visual processing ability by ten times. Could be handy for the people employed to check social-network images for dodgy content

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Paralysed guy can check emails, play computer games, move robotic arm...all using his brain.

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NACHIP's core achievement was to develop a working interface between the living tissue of individual neurons and the inorganic compounds of silicon chips.

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Video and article on an amazing robotic human arm that is now in testing stages. This prosthetic cybernetic arm was inspired by the robotic arm used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

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