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Elon Musk’s Neuralink ‘shows monkey playing Pong with mind’

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NeuralinkNeuralink, Elon Musk's computer to brain interface firm, has released a video it claims shows a monkey playing the video game Pong with its mind.Its brain signals were sent wirelessly via an implanted device.The hope is that the interface could eventually allow people with neurological conditions to control phones or computers remotely.One expert said the fact no wires were used represented "significant progress", but more data was needed.The macaque monkey, named Pager, was first taught to play the video game with a joystick, and was rewarded with a fruit smoothie.During this process, the Neuralink device recorded the information about which neurons were firing to control which movements.Then the joystick was disconnected, leaving the monkey to control gameplay with its mind only...

Apr92021 by adminNo Comments

Elon Musk’s brain implant firm teaches monkey to play Pong with its mind

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Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink has released a video showing how it has taught a monkey - Pager, a nine-year-old macaque - to play the video game Pong with its mind.The video follows Mr Musk's assertion in February that the company has "a monkey with a wireless implant in their skull with tiny wires" that it uses to play video games. Neuralink Corporation, which Elon Musk owns alongside his SpaceX and Tesla businesses, previously claimed to have implanted coin-sized wireless sensors inside the brains of two pigs, describing the sensors as "a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires". Image: 'He's a happy monkey,' says Elon Musk At the time of the video, Pager was six weeks on from having had the Neuralink devices installed - o...

Dec172019 by adminNo Comments

Serie A anti-racism campaign: Monkey artwork condemned by AC Milan and Roma

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AC Milan say they "strongly disagree" with and were not consulted about the use of monkeys in artwork for a Serie A anti-racism campaign.The 'No To Racism' posters show three monkeys with painted faces.It comes less than three weeks after clubs pledged to combat Italian football's "serious problem". "Art can be powerful, but we strongly disagree with the use of monkeys as images in the fight against racism," said an AC Milan statement.The club added they were "surprised by the total lack of consultation" over the artwork, which will be displayed at Serie A headquarters in Milan.AS Roma also expressed their "surprise", adding: "We understand the league wants to tackle racism but we don't belie...

Mar242019 by adminNo Comments

Breakthrough as monkey is born from frozen testicular tissue

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By Zayneb Benyoucef. news reporter A baby monkey, Grady, is the first one to be born from experimental technology using frozen testicular tissue.The scientists successfully froze and then thawed testicular tissue using a technique that could offer hope to young cancer patients. Professor Kyle Orwig and his team have worked years for this achievement."Well, her name's Grady, which stands for graft derived baby," he said."She was born on 16 April of last year and now she is 11 months old and she plays and behaves just like every other monkey that was born in a normal way," said Prof Orwig. The experiment saw the scientists, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, remove a testis from five young rhesus macaques and freeze the testicular...

Feb232018 by adminNo Comments

‘It’s 2018 and there are still monkey noises in the stands… really?’ – Michy Batshuayi reports racist abuse in Europa League tie

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Michy BatshuayiFriday, February 23, 2018Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi has reported that he suffered racist abuse during Borussia Dortmund’s Europa League clash against Serie A side Atalanta.The Belgian ace, currently on loan at Dortmund, said on Twitter that he heard ‘monkey noises’ from the stands in Italy.Thursday night’s game finished 1-1 but Dortmund progressed to the next round 4-3 on aggregate, with Batshuayi scoring twice in the first-leg.Atalanta have previous offenses related to racism. In January, Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly was subjected to racist chants during a Serie A game and the club received a suspended one-game stand closure.Let's block ads! (Why?)