BrainkBank: The Robot Uprising is A-OK Edition

Look at that robot arm, trying to lull us into a false sense of security with it's cheeky gesture of carefree approval. I know what you're up to, robot arm. I bet the rest of your body's sneaking up on me as I speak.

Seriously, though, this is pretty cool. Scientists are about to start testing a new breed of thought-controlled prosthetic on human test subjects, actually opening up their brains to implant the controller devices. This will allow implantees to control their robotic arms with nearly the same efficiency as a natural limb.

In other words, a world with Bionic Commando is on the cusp of reality.