X-Message-Number: 13864
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 00:16:34 +0100
From: Corbally <>
Subject: Cyborgsn'stuff....

Here's a strange one....

>Half fish, half robot 
>
>     THE advent of "cyborgs" has been brought a step closer by the
creation of a strange hybrid creature with a
>     mechanical body controlled by the brain of a fish. As ghoulish as
this chimera sounds, it may one day allow
>     people to be fitted with prosthetic devices that are controlled
directly by their brain. 
>
>     Light sensors housed in the mechanical body feed the brain sensory
information. The brain tissue processes this
>     information to generate command signals which tell the robot's motors
which way to turn in response to its
>     environment. Steve Grand, a expert in artificial life with Cyberlife
Research in Somerset, describes the work as
>     "laudably perverse" and likely to bring the world of cyborgs one step
closer. 
>

On a sidenote, on my recent vacation in the U.S. I came across a funeral
home in a small town.  Nothing unusual, until you look at the name of the
place "Dunkum funeral home"!  Wonder if he's buyin LN2 and dwars?:)  I
guess this is the only mailing list I can mail that to and have ppl
chuckle...;->

So long,



James....


 
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