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The Feature Creep

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Cyborg monkeys

05/11/2005 11:14 AM

If there was ever a technology I could get behind, it's equipping monkeys with thought controlled robot arms. The real shocker is that the simians are adjusting extremely quickly and are able to easily operate the arm with their thoughts alone. This means that there is great potential for thought controlled robot limbs for the disabled.

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Charlie the Chimp

05/11/2005 3:37 PM

I wonder if Charlie the smoking chimpanzee would like a robotic arm, too.

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Re:Charlie the Chimp

05/11/2005 4:14 PM

How does he light the cigarettes? I think it's too dangerous to have a monkey with a lit cigarette at a zoo. They should get him to start using chewing tobacco. Oh yeah, and the zoo handlers should lighten up. I'm willing to bet that if Charlie could speak he'd tell you being locked up in a cage your whole life sucks a lot more than getting lung cancer.

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Re:Charlie the Chimp

05/11/2005 5:09 PM

Free Charlie!

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