First watermelons and now cockroaches

Brian Wagner

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Oct 23, 2012, 10:48:41 AM10/23/12

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http://hackaday.com/2012/10/23/controlling-a-cockroach-leg-with-your-mind

This is for you Brad!

Ben Hibben

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Oct 23, 2012, 10:53:06 AM10/23/12

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If he does this I want to see a little dish just like the remote-controlled cockroach in The Fifth Element...

Blenster

Raj

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Oct 23, 2012, 12:40:37 PM10/23/12

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Although moving cockroach legs is fun, these guys have made a significant contribution to science. The "SpikerBox" they created allows individuals to record EMGs and see the recruitment of individual motor units, be it with a cockroach or a human. When I did this in college, it required thousands of dollars of equipment, none of it was computerized, and it only recorded to paper traces. For $100 people now have access to equipment you previously only saw at universities.

From: Brian Wagner <brian@tegrasys.com>
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Subject: {LVL1} First watermelons and now cockroaches

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