Monkey Brain Control

On "60 Minutes" Nov. 2, we saw a monkey controlling a mechanical arm with his thoughts.

His brain was hooked up to a machine that "read" his brain -- saw the cells of his brain flash. This was hooked up to a mechanical arm with "tongs" on the end. The mechanics were moved by the monkey's brain cells firing, which then made the mechanical arm move to grab some food and put it in the his mouth.

Here's a video:

Here's more information about the science behind this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/science/29brain.html

Fascinating stuff!!