Oct 28, 2011

Cyborgs experience less pain with new brain implant tech

Cyborgs experience less pain with new brain implant tech

The question is this – what is pain. Some of us identify with pain, whether physically, mentally or emotionally, while others are seemingly impervious to this so human feeling. What about cyborgs – are they able to feel pain. Well, MIT researchers have managed to figure out how to stimulate target nerves that results in less collateral pain for part-human, part-machine cyborgs. This is made possible by tweaking the electrical balance of fluids that surround a nerve, where they can still trigger a nerve using far less electrical current.

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