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In a reversal to improved methods of reading, recording and interpreting brain patterns, researchers at California’s HRL Laboratories have developed a method of transmitting learning patterns directly into the brain. While this technique isn’t quite as convenient as the rapid upload of new skills to the brain as depicted in ‘The Matrix’, it does appear accelerate learning functions for complex skills.
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Researchers at Duke University have developed a new brain-machine interface that allows a pair of monkeys to control motorized wheelchairs with only their thoughts. This development is intended to provide an alternative method of controlling the mobility devices for physically disabled people, as some individuals are unable to blink their eyelids to direct a wheelchair’s controls.
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One of the stumbling blocks being faced by the development of bionic prosthetics is the difficulty of developing a method of controlling an artificial limb, especially in a manner that would seem natural to the wearer. Advances in creating brain-machine interfaces have seen major advancements in recent years, but are still hampered by the difficulty of picking up the brain’s faint signals by sensors placed on the scalp.

Stronger signals can be received if the sensors are placed directly on (or in) the brain, but that method requires invasive, and potentially dangerous brain surgery. However, a new implant inserted through the subject’s blood vessels might help reduce the risk of inserting such implants.
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