Avatar
becomes reality: Hi-tech head cap lets disabled man 'move' a robot slave 60
miles away using just his brain power
Disabled
people could one day be waited on hand and foot by a robot servant - or even
send out the robot into society in their place.
It sounds
like the plot of James Cameron's sci-fi hit Avatar, but Swiss scientists showed
off today how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought
alone.
Simply by
thinking about lifting his fingers, a patient was able to 'move' a robot 100
miles away.
The
scientists hope the technology will one day allow immobile people to interact
with their surroundings through so-called avatars.