Monkey Controls Robotic Arm With Brain Implants – Design You Trust

Monkey Controls Robotic Arm With Brain Implants


Jianhui, a 5-year-old monkey, is seen with a device attached to its head as it prompts a mechanical arm via brain signals at a laboratory at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province February 23, 2012. A tiny sensor implanted in Jianhui’s brain is allowing the monkey to control a mechanical arm to reach and grab food and drinks, scientists with east China’s Zhejiang University announced on Monday afternoon. The technology, Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), is a real blessing for people with paralyzing conditions, according to Zheng Xiaoxiang, the professor leading the research group.


If you want more awesome content, subscribe to 'Oh, Design You Trust,' our brand new Facebook page! Trust me, you won't be disappointed.

More Inspiring Stories

Wyoming Manufacturer Builds World's Largest Coal Hauler
Face Depixelizer Neural Network "Brings Back The Sharpness" Of Photos In Low Resolution, And The Results Are Very Unexpected
Max Factor's Beauty Calibrator: A Beauty-Measuring Mask Analyzes Facial Flaws For Makeup From The 1930s
NASA: Spectacular Images from Space - Galaxy Encounter, Flooding Thailand, and 12-Billion-Year-Old Stars
This Guy Used A.I. To See What The Kids Of Famous Ex-Couples Would Have Looked Like
This Is How The Practical Miniatures For Blade Runner 2049 Were Created
Largest Apple Store Opens in Shanghai
Impossible Instant Lab: Turn iPhone Images into Real Photos
Green 3D Printer Prints Living Designs From Organic “Ink”
IdealPark Lets You Hide Your Car Underground Like James Bond
The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s "La vie électrique," 1890
General Motors' Miraculously Surviving Electric Car Found in A Parking Lot — May Be the Last EV1 in The World
Swiss Company Turns People’s Ashes into Diamonds
Amazing Anatomical Photographs from Alec Fraser's Handbook of Brain Surgery, 1890
Toyota Has Made A New Concept Car Out Of Wood
Futuristic Prototype Of The First Soviet Night Vision Goggles
MS Hamen: Haunting Ghost Ship Of The Norwegian Fjords
Limo-Jet: The World's First Private Jet Converted Into A Luxury Limousine
"Gatling" Water Gun Created!
Eagles vs Drones: Dutch Police To Take On Rogue Aircraft With Flying Squad
Electroluminescent Tree by Ian Hobson
Meet Sarah Mayer, a Digital Fashion Artist and AR Creator
Lego Production Factory in Billund, Denmark
Stunning and Rare Images of The 1935 Adler Diplomat 8 Wheels