I remember an old friend once obsessing over cybernetic implants and how awesome we were all going to be once that happened(we had all seen Akira by that time), but I was kinda skeptical in thinking that we’d all be dead by the time that came around. However, it seems like what we only saw in movies like Star Wars and Terminator is getting closer and closer. Some blue surgeons over at UMich have somehow figured out how to graft electrodes to peripheral nerve stumps to create not only anterograde motor control, but also retrograde sensory control in animals. That’s pretty frickin impressive!

Of course again, it’s only animals and we have no idea what long term safety or efficacy data looks like, but (much like the group that was able to replicate a live beating mouse heart from mouse stem cells) it’s still a great stride forward for neuroscience and cybernetics in general.

(Saw it on dailytech again)