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Korean researchers have developed a technology that can remotely control an animal's movement with human thought.
In the 2009 blockbuster "Avatar", a human remotely controls the body of an alien. It does so by injecting human intelligence into a remotely located, biological body. Although still in the realm of science fiction, researchers are nevertheless developing so-called 'brain-computer interfaces' (BCIs) following recent advances in electronics and computing. These technologies can 'read' and use human thought to control machines, for example, humanoid robots.
New research has demonstrated the possibility of combining a BCI with a device that transmits information from a computer to a brain, or a so-called 'computer-to-brain interface' (CBI). The combination of these devices could be used to establish a functional link between the brains of different species. Now, researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a human-turtle interaction system in which a signal originating from a human brain can affect where a turtle moves.
Unlike previous research that has tried to control animal movement by applying invasive methods, most notably in insects, KAIST researchers propose a conceptual system that can guide an animal's moving path by controlling its instinctive escape behaviour. They chose the turtle because of its cognitive abilities as well as its ability to distinguish different wavelengths of light. Specifically, turtles can recognize a white light source as an open space and so move toward it. They also show specific avoidance behaviour to things that might obstruct their view. Turtles also move toward and away from obstacles in their environment in a predictable manner. It was this instinctive, predictable behaviour that the researchers induced using the BCI.
Do they call the procedure, "turtling?"
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday March 21 2017, @08:14AM (8 children)
Today man plays with turtle. Tomorrow bot plays with YOU!!!
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday March 21 2017, @08:55AM (2 children)
Controlling human thought with turtle motion?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Geezer on Tuesday March 21 2017, @04:38PM
No, turtle thought controlling human motion. Hope he likes lettuce.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday March 22 2017, @08:39AM
Logo, meet karma.
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(Score: 1) by bolek_b on Tuesday March 21 2017, @09:06AM (1 child)
You're in a desert, crawling in the sand when all of a sudden, you look up and see a human. It's walking toward you. You reach up and flip the human on its back, Leon. The human lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its arms and legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that, Leon?
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Tuesday March 21 2017, @09:51AM
Because she paid for twenty minutes and still has about five minutes to go on that side?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @10:04AM
Chuck Norris + turtle = old age mutant ninja turtle
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday March 21 2017, @11:41AM
(homework: if you can't remember it, google for the quote)
Or maybe you'll be brainnapped to drive a drone in the war against those rebellious 99-percenters.
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(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday March 21 2017, @01:35PM
Today, it's little turtles. Tomorrow, the World Turtle!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by dmbasso on Tuesday March 21 2017, @08:24AM (1 child)
Do they call the procedure, "turtling?"
No, it is called Logo [wikipedia.org].
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2017, @03:35AM
Came here to say the same thing. When I read the headline, I assumed it was a brain-Logo interface so you could think the turtle around on the screen.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @12:33PM (1 child)
Their previous research subject has escaped, and is currently hiding in the Senate [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @09:28PM
Turtle harem?
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday March 21 2017, @07:34PM
The left and right commands activate the turtle's stimulation device via Wi-Fi, turning it so that it obstructs the turtle's view.
I really don't see why they had to involve a turtle in this at all. They could've wired the human directly up to an underwater robot; that would've been cooler than letting them control a flap that basically annoys a turtle into going in a certain direction.
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