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Jianhui, a five-year-old monkey, controls a mechanical arm using brain signals at a laboratory of Zhejiang University in China. A tiny sensor implanted in Jianhui's brain allows te monkey to maneuver the arm to reach and grab food and drinks. Brain-Machine Interface, the researh team that developed the technology, sees it as a potential boon for people suffering from paralysis. Photograph taken 23 February 2012. REUTERS/China Daily. Cover photo is provided by TPG.

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