Monkey Controls Robot Arm with Thoughts

"Monkeys that can move a robot arm with thoughts alone have brought the merger of mind and machine one step closer.

In experiments at Duke University, implants in the monkeys' brains picked up brain signals and sent them to a robotic arm, which carried out reaching and grasping movements on a computer screen driven only by the monkeys' thoughts.“

[1] In Pioneering Study, Monkey Think, Robot Do. Sandra Blakeslee. NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/science/13BRAI.html?ex=1067068518&ei=1&en=3627dbd230407996