No I don’t think I’m jumping to conclusions at all on this story. Why else would you get a monkey in the US to control a robot in Japan? It’s just one tiny step away from Planet of the Apes – where is Charlton Heston when you need him?

OK, so coming back to Planet Earth, this really could mean a breakthrough for medicine & science alike. If you can prove a monkey can control a robot, with the motor function part of the brain, you can potentially create the next bionic man. And I’m sure if the right people OK’d it, you could have a person on an operating table in a matter of years with cybernetic enhancements being fitted, or maybe having a missing limb replaced with one of terminator’s. It won’t be long (20 years maybe?) before anyone will be able to walk into a hospital for hardware upgrades. Just imagine being able to zoom on objects far away? Or having the ability to automatically translate foreign languages into english – a real life babelfish without the stench! [SHOW ME]

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