Kybernetica.com > The Bionic Man

http://www.karmachakra.com/aiknowledge [AiKnowledge.::I Think, I Do, Therefore I Exist::.] Jesse Sullivan had been a power lineman for nearly 23 years in Dayton, Tennessee, a quiet town of 6,000 people. It's a much sleepier place now than it was 80 years ago, when a high school science teacher named John Scopes was tried for teaching the theory of evolution.

Previous [Previous] Popping Wheelies...

Next [Next] ... Then, there's the other neighbour...

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

http://wolbring.blogspot.com [Wolbring.blogspot.com] My thoughts on social and scientific issues: Friday, August 20, 2004: Sullivan, a Tennessee power company worker who lost both arms in a job-related accident, has been outfitted by Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago researchers with a kind of bionic arm, which is controlled directly by his thoughts. This extraordinary achievement -- one of several breakthroughs nationally in linking mental activity with machines -- signifies an impending step of immense proportions: The human brain is poised to make its biggest evolutionary leap since the appearance of early man eons ago.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, ,