Making Robotic Prosthetics We Can Control With Our Minds | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine

Making Robotic Prosthetics We Can Control With Our Minds | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine: "In Spider-Man 2 —- which I know isn’t cannon, but work with me here — Dr. Octopus can only achieve his research thanks to some spectacular artificial arms: Each of his four arms is heat resistant, incredibly precise, and has a brain of its own, so they can work independently. The arms join in a knapsack-sized device that connects directly to his spinal cord, so Dr. Octopus can send signals to the arms with his thoughts. He can think sends orders to the arms through a direct link into his spine. Now here in the real worl, we have toruble linking robotic limbs directly to nerves because our bodies reject metal attachments to our nerves. So Doc Ock really achieved something there, setting aside the later problems with the arms’ AI (surely an easily fixed bug)."