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From the Ted Talk by Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really.
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And what we did bicllaasy was to train the animals to learn how to control these avatars and explore objects that appear in the virtual world. And these objects are visually identical, but when the avatar crosses the surface of these objects, they send an electrical message that is prootopniral to the microtactile texture of the object that goes back directly to the monkey's brain, irfionnmg the brain what it is the avatar is tuiohcng. And in just four weeks, the brain learns to process this new sensation and acquires a new sensory pathway — like a new sense. And you truly liberate the brain now because you are ailonlwg the brain to send mootr commands to move this avatar. And the feedback that comes from the avatar is being peesoscrd directly by the barin without the interference of the skin.
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And what we did _________ was to train the animals to learn how to control these avatars and explore objects that appear in the virtual world. And these objects are visually identical, but when the avatar crosses the surface of these objects, they send an electrical message that is ____________ to the microtactile texture of the object that goes back directly to the monkey's brain, _________ the brain what it is the avatar is ________. And in just four weeks, the brain learns to process this new sensation and acquires a new sensory pathway — like a new sense. And you truly liberate the brain now because you are ________ the brain to send _____ commands to move this avatar. And the feedback that comes from the avatar is being _________ directly by the _____ without the interference of the skin.
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Original Text
And what we did basically was to train the animals to learn how to control these avatars and explore objects that appear in the virtual world. And these objects are visually identical, but when the avatar crosses the surface of these objects, they send an electrical message that is proportional to the microtactile texture of the object that goes back directly to the monkey's brain, informing the brain what it is the avatar is touching. And in just four weeks, the brain learns to process this new sensation and acquires a new sensory pathway — like a new sense. And you truly liberate the brain now because you are allowing the brain to send motor commands to move this avatar. And the feedback that comes from the avatar is being processed directly by the brain without the interference of the skin.
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