This will be huge someday. Researchers have found a way to take the output of a neuron, or group of neurons, in a monkey’s brain and route them through electrodes to their destination muscles. Basically, they can bypass a section of nerves, meaning that at some point doctors will be able to reverse the effects [...]
Entries from November 2008
Bionic Nerves
November 26th, 2008 · Comments
Tags: The Time Machine · World Wide Wonder
Bereft of Life it Rests in Peace
November 26th, 2008 · Comments
Many are familiar with Monty Python’s skit about the “Norwegian Blue” parrot with “lovely plumage” that was “pining for the fjords.”
Fewer know that the Norwegian Blue actually did exist, apparently. However, it has now “joined the choir invisible,” as it has been extinct for many years. 55 million years, according to one Dr. Waterhouse, who [...]
Tags: Wacky Stuff · World Wide Wonder