# Monkeys Control Robotic Arm with Brain!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705 "2005-02-18T13:26:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/1 "2005-02-18T13:26:39Z")

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That’s the Headline on Yahoo! news (except for the exclamation point, which I added). It reads like the intertitle from some cheap 1950s science fiction/horror thriller. Who cares about grabbing fruits and vegetables? we know what they _really_ want.

[Mojo Jojo]Yes! I, Mojo Jojo, control the world! Which is what I, Mojo Jojo, wish to do![/Mojo Jojo]

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/2 "2005-02-18T13:27:59Z")

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Forgot the link:

[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=97&e=5&u=/hsn/20050218/hl\_hsn/monkeyscontrolroboticarmwithbrain](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=97&e=5&u=/hsn/20050218/hl_hsn/monkeyscontrolroboticarmwithbrain)

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/3 "2005-02-18T16:09:58Z")

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I for one, welcome our cyborg simian overlords.

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/4 "2005-02-18T16:32:58Z")

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I’d say that it’s just a matter of time before they can mentally control the 1920’s style death ray.

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**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/5 "2005-02-18T16:47:03Z")

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Do I still get my wishes if the monkey hand is cybornetic?

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/290705/6 "2005-02-18T16:53:41Z")

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I was wondering why I had that sudden urge to fling feces yesterday.