Mind over Machine. Carl Zimmer.
by Zimmer, Carl; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 66Science. Publisher: Popular Science, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Brain -- Research | Brain implants | Electrophysiology | Monkeys as laboratory animals | Neurons | Robots -- Motion | Thought and thinkingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For decades scientists have pondered, speculated on, and pooh-poohed the possibility of a direct interface between a brain and a machine--only in the late 1990s did scientists start learning enough about the brain and signal-processing to offer glimmers of hope that this science-fiction vision could become reality." (POPULAR SCIENCE) This article examines research focusing on how the brain's electrical activity can be used to control certain machines which, in turn, may help handicapped people overcome certain disabilities once the brain-machine interface is further developed.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Mind over Machine, Feb. 2004; pp. 46+.
"For decades scientists have pondered, speculated on, and pooh-poohed the possibility of a direct interface between a brain and a machine--only in the late 1990s did scientists start learning enough about the brain and signal-processing to offer glimmers of hope that this science-fiction vision could become reality." (POPULAR SCIENCE) This article examines research focusing on how the brain's electrical activity can be used to control certain machines which, in turn, may help handicapped people overcome certain disabilities once the brain-machine interface is further developed.
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