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Friday, March 04, 2016

Science of the Week, 3/4/16

Here are some of the most interesting science news articles I read this week:

Man moves individual fingers on prosthetic arm using only his thoughts

Learn how to fly a plane from expert-pilot brainwave patterns

Empathy related to anticipated emotional effort

In grasslands, longer spring growing season offsets higher summer temperatures

Tarantula toxins converted to painkillers












3 comments:

  1. That would be awesome to learn to fly with brainwaves. It's like the Matrix.

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  2. Unfortunately I've met a lot of pilots that lacked brainwaves...

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  3. I love the advances being made to assist people with physical disabilities, but also hesitate to imagine what more sinister things the developments could lead to.

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