This week Apple announced the pending release of the iPad, a tablet device. In a similar concept to the Kindle, Apple is aiming the full colour device at the mobile user market. The device itself looks a lot like a large iTouch. Which is not a bad starting point as the popularity of it and [...]

A few months ago we saw reports about a study where monkeys had electrodes attached directly to neurons. These electrodes were used to train the monkeys to control a robot arm as if it was there own.

 
An interesting story along the same lines has emerged from CBS’s 60 Minutes. The video initially introduces us to [...]