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Patients Control Video with Thought Alone in Study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using thought alone and with some electrodes placed on the surface of the brain, four volunteers were able to control a video game, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Simply by thinking the word "move," the volunteers played the simple video game, the researchers reported.


Wow. As cool as it is that we can understand enough about the brain to do this, it's also very frightening the power that it suggests. I'm not sure what to think of this. Mind-controlled video games are one thing, and I have no problem at that level. I just fear for how this technology is going to be used beyond video games.


Doctors Remove Rods from Man's Stomach
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese doctors removed three metal construction rods from a man's stomach about a month after he swallowed them in a rice whiskey drinking challenge, an official said Monday.

People like this guy give alcohol a bad name.

posted by Schna @ 8:22 AM