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 [...]
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Bionic Nerves
November 26th, 2008 · Comments
Tags: The Time Machine · World Wide Wonder
Rail Gun
July 1st, 2008 · Comments
Rail guns have long been a favorite weapon of sci-fi fans. The ability to use electromagnetic pulses in place of traditional explosive propellants to lob projectiles over hundreds of miles with high precision and little warning is a tantalizing idea, though still mostly limited to the realm of fantasy. But reality has a track record [...]
Tags: The Peacemakers · The Time Machine