Seen as a technological breakthrough, researchers at Duke University have developed a wireless brain-machine-interface (BMI) that allowed a rhesus monkey to control a robotic wheelchair by its thoughts via flexible hair-like implants that adhere to the brain tissue. Prior to this study, researchers used brain-machine-interfaces (BMIs) to help primates control artificial limbs. The device is called BrainGate, and it was unveiled on Monday in Durham, North Carolina.
Seen as a technological breakthrough, researchers at Duke University have developed a wireless brain-machine-interface (BMI) that allowed a rhesus monkey to control a robotic wheelchair by its thoughts via flexible hair-like implants that adhere to the brain tissue. The device is called BrainGate, and it was unveiled on Monday in Durham, North Carolina.