http://neurodudes.com/2005/06/24/prosthetic-that-feels-touch-and-hot-and-cold/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://neurodudes.com/2005/06/24/prosthetic-that-feels-touch-and-hot-and-cold/#comment-37375 neurodudes » Blog Archive » Amputee Controls Feels Bionic Arm as Her Own Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:59:05 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/2005/06/24/prosthetic-that-feels-touch-and-hot-and-cold/#comment-37375 [...] Given the recent progress in the decoding of motor signals from the brain and older progress on sensory feedback from neural prosthetics, this was to be expected. Nonetheless, watching this woman use her arm brings the message home in a visceral way. The spooky thesis of Rodney Brooks that “we will become a merger between flesh and machines” has gotten one step closer today. [...] [...] Given the recent progress in the decoding of motor signals from the brain and older progress on sensory feedback from neural prosthetics, this was to be expected. Nonetheless, watching this woman use her arm brings the message home in a visceral way. The spooky thesis of Rodney Brooks that “we will become a merger between flesh and machines” has gotten one step closer today. [...]

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