sábado, julho 10, 2004

No longo prazo, todos os mordomos serão substituidos...

...por próteses artificiais.

Pelo menos é o que a ciência está alcançando com novos estudos com macacos. O link é este: Yahoo! News - Mind Control Study Raises Hopes. E, claro, um trecho bacana é este: In their new study, the researchers studied three monkeys. First, the monkeys learned to reach out to touch a spot on a computer screen in return for a reward of juice. Using brain-monitoring machines, researchers studied the neurological patterns that indicated the monkeys wanted to reach forward.

Then, the monkeys learned to get rewards by mentally controlling a cursor on the computer screen instead of physically reaching. The cursor moved in response to the brain patterns indicating a desire. "They like it because it's easier than reaching," Andersen said.