Scientists Working on Neural Chips for Paralyzed Patients

[lewism247]

Hopefully this works, good luck men (and women) of science!

 

[RangerSERE]

EDIT: This may sound kind of rude, but I am noticing more and more that most of the technology articles on The Escapist were in Popular Science.....years ago.

Shouldnt surprise you, considering how copy and paste their "news" here are.

Hey, and this time it wasnt sensationalized with some nerdy cyborg reference. Congrats, you may have started to earn the right to call this a news section...just maybe.

 

[thiosk]

EDIT: This may sound kind of rude, but I am noticing more and more that most of the technology articles on The Escapist were in Popular Science.....years ago.

Well, the folks at popular science used hyperbole and fantasy to describe the technology, many years earlier.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Hopefully this may be one of those things we look back on 20 years from now and think "How did we live without that?"

 

[nick n stuff]

this is the kind of science we need. none of those useless investigations such as 'is a jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit' or 'which biscuit can last the longest in a cup of tea without falling in'.

 

[Danpascooch]

EDIT: This may sound kind of rude, but I am noticing more and more that most of the technology articles on The Escapist were in Popular Science.....years ago.

Well, the folks at popular science used hyperbole and fantasy to describe the technology, many years earlier.

No, it was pretty much exactly like this article.

 

[dochmbi]

They are laying the foundations for the technological development of the 21st century. Eventually neurons will be understood well enough that full machine-man integration will be possible.

 

[spectrenihlus]

They are laying the foundations for the technological development of the 21st century. Eventually neurons will be understood well enough that full machine-man integration will be possible.

And then we can all become Borg and our resistance will be futile

YAY

seriously though this is cool let's just hope we don't end up with a borg hive mind though.

 

[UberMore]

Woo! First Leicester discovers(ish) DNA, now we're working on curing Paralysis.

We already game the world Walkers (Lays) crisps, Pork Pies, Gary Lineker and the Attenborough Brothers...Gotta say, really proud of my city!

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

That's fucking rad.

 

[chaos order]

i wonder how theyll be able to determine if the action potential means pick up cup instead of kick yourself in the ass.

 

[Pilkingtube]

this is the kind of science we need. none of those useless investigations such as 'is a jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit' or 'which biscuit can last the longest in a cup of tea without falling in'.

I disagree, that biscuit one was a legendary experiment, though some bullshit about potatoes ruined it ..

yay for science!

 

[JediMB]

They are laying the foundations for the technological development of the 21st century. Eventually neurons will be understood well enough that full machine-man integration will be possible.

Sounds good to me.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

That is awesome. Little more needs to be said.

^^

 

[Outright Villainy]

Wow, this would be amazing if it ever came to fruition.
Plus, in the future we'll have bionic arms. How cool is that shit?
[HEADING=2]It's the future![/HEADING]

 

[nick n stuff]

this is the kind of science we need. none of those useless investigations such as 'is a jaffa cake a cake or a biscuit' or 'which biscuit can last the longest in a cup of tea without falling in'.

I disagree, that biscuit one was a legendary experiment, though some bullshit about potatoes ruined it ..

yay for science!

what was the potato thing...i'm intrigued

 

[Trivun]

Implanting microchips into people's brains is a staple of the sci-fi genre, usually to give some extraordinary cognitive ability, like learning how to fly a helicopter in the blink of an eye, or learning kung fu without having to spend years training. But the real versions of these chips, which are currently being worked on by British scientists, won't do anything quite so fancy.

You see that, people? BRITISH scientists! Haha, guess you American scientists aren't quite so cocky now it's us building the super-special awesome robot people, eh? Eh? To quote...

"We can rebuild him - we have the technology!"

 

[Pilkingtube]

Well they were happily dunking away and them some jackass with a trademarked potato fibre biscuit walked all over them with his "special" biscuit that lasts ages. Thing is, it also tastes horrible, who cares how long a horrible biscuit can stay in tea for? it's still horrible!