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A Brain Chip That Turns Thought Into Action
Friday, December 14, 2007
In 2005, with the help of a brain chip, a quadriplegic man used a robotic arm to pick up a piece of candy. The chip was the most sophisticated brain-computer interface ever tested in humans. And now it's on its way to becoming wireless. Leonard talks to the researcher who devised the chip, Dr. John Donoghue, Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University.
Learn more about the Donoghue Lab, Neuroscience Dept. at Brown
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Sam Keen said that he tried to respect the animals point of view. I wish Leonard would ask his guests about the ethics of doing brain research on the animals. I believe it is beyond cruel and ethically unjustifiable.
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