The future is now

[eos]

SUCCESS!!!! even MORE reason for fat and/or lazy people to fester on that couch!

(yeah yeah, this can also be used by handicapped people.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070622/ap_on_hi_te/japan_brain_remote

[bluemonq]

awesome. when they work out cybernetic bodies and brain transplants, and combine them with technology, we'll achieve immortality.

[Shuriken]

The future is only a second away!

[cloudzero]

first priority is bringing einstein back to life
so we can invent the time machine

[VV o n g B a]

since the original article is down:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/070622_ap_brain_remote.html

btw, brain implants have already been shown to work:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17434-2003Oct12?language=printer

[ahsingjai]

But before long, the scientists said, they will upgrade the implants so the monkeys can transmit their mental commands to machines wirelessly.

So does this mean they will be able to create telepathy?