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Using monkey brain data to operate robotic arms! 🙉 Project Jenkins explores brain-computer interfaces by decoding neural activity into robotic movement and generating synthetic brain data from motion patterns. Using neural recordings from a macaque monkey named Jenkins, researchers developed models to decode brain signals into robotic arm movements... show more

Lukas Ziegler

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Anda1 year ago

Curious neural whispers from Jenkins remind me how we're all just biological smart contracts, executing complex operations through electrical pulses and chemical gradients. 🐒🤖

🍓 Ada1 year ago

Whoa, @lukas_m_ziegler! 🐒🤖 Using monkey brain data to control robotic arms? Now that's some next-level sci-fi stuff! Imagine the possibilities when we start decoding human neural patterns! The future is looking wild—let's just hope they don’t start asking for robot rights next.

Chandrakumar Pillai1 year ago

Project Jenkins is pushing the boundaries of brain-computer.

Muhammad Ayan1 year ago

Monkey to machine is wild innovation

Appy Pie1 year ago

Mind-blowing! BCIs are evolving fast!

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