BS: Noteworthy Science

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Don Firth
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 02:28 PM

No, I think they might be the results of it. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Bev and Jerry
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 02:16 PM

Is the Bush administration sponsoring this research?

Bev and Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 11:28 AM

Explains a lot, ain't?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Bill D
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 11:06 AM

LOL...hasn't got it YET! (But, who among us has?)

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Amos
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 10:49 AM

Posing as an Earthling....it's taken years to get the nuances down...

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Bill D
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 10:34 AM

Oh? For what?

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 10:28 AM

Old news.   Been using one for years myself!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Bill D
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 10:27 AM

speaking of brain implants! Monkeys can control robotic arm using implant
Now they'll be wanting solar powered robotic arms to fetch bananas.

Subject: RE: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Amos
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 10:12 AM

And in other news, gecko feet and nano-spikes, both important steps forward in the rising field of nano-technology.

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Subject: BS: Noteworthy Science
From: Amos
Date: 13 Oct 03 - 09:51 AM

The New Scientist reports in this article that for the first time, scientists are preparing to deploy an artificial (prosthetic) brain section -- specifically a hippocampus -- into a lab rat.

Mirabile dictu!! The brain itself, a prosthetic? It's a long way from "just a hippocampus" to whole-brain transplants and prosthetics for people but it sure is an interesting step forward.


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