Jan 192008
Scientists are now implanting electrodes in the brains of monkeys to control robots located on the other side of the globe. You know what this means, don’t you? A decade or two from now, I’ll be spending my free time playing a more sophisticated version of Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots with some lab chimp strung out on military-grade amphetamines. It could be great reality television, as long as the monkey is kept in a remote location. I’m not about to let some augmented primate fling its poo at me every time I win, no matter how much the network is paying me.
halarious mental image there!
This story makes me happy! I just couldn’t believe why technology (which seems to be able to solve all human problems, while creating some new ones of course) didn’t make people walk without wheelchairs.
It’s pleasant to be kept informed, especially since the news reaches me days before European journalists write about it. This blog is both useful and very funny.
Mieke.