Thought-Controlled ‘Avatar’ Robot Developed By Scientists For Virtual Embodiment (VIDEO)
We’ve just come one step closer to making “Avatar” a reality. Scientists with the international Virtual Embodiment and Robotic Re-embodiment project have, for the first time, enabled a person to control a small automaton thousands of miles away using nothing but thoughts. According to New Scientist, by using an fMRI machine to scan the brain in real-time, roboticists were able to give a university student in Israel the ability to control a small robot at the Béziers Technology Institute in France. Read More… More on Video