Monkeys and scientists develop persistent "plug and play" control over brain-to-computer interface
While we’ve seen some pretty amazing things so far with computers jacked into human and monkey brains, systems so far have had to be re-learned each session by their subjects. In a new development, researchers at Berkeley have managed to get their monkeys to develop a “memory” for the controls, and recall them instantly each [...]
Would-Be Halo Movie Director Shows the Alien Ghettos of District 9 [Movies]
Remember those incredible live-action Halo shorts? Well, that director has his first full-length movie coming out, and it looks downright badass.
Neill Blomkamp originally made the Halo shorts with Peter Jackson as proof of concept for the Halo movie that he was supposed to direct. As it was to be his first film, the studios got [...]