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Scientists have developed a brain-controlled prosthetic arm that can perform fine motor movements well enough to lift a pint of beer without spilling it. Beer and the robot arm It's my round Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs are nothing new, but they tend to be rather jerky in their movement, which severely limits what …

  1. Trigonoceps occipitalis

    Somatosensory

    A lovely word I must work into the body of a comment sometime.

  2. Hud Dunlap
    Mushroom

    You had a fine article until this point.

    " Modelo, a Mexican beer that – like many brews served in the US – tastes like making love in a canoe"

    I take severe offense at that. Negro Modelo is a fine dark beer. Great with spicy food.

    I have been to California many times and tried the various "craft beers" and they all taste like they were made by beginners.

    1. Rol

      Re: You had a fine article until this point.

      My home cooking is best consumed after loosing your palette to a huge dose of chilli or curry.

    2. Cliff

      Re: You had a fine article until this point.

      >>>I have been to California many times and tried the various "craft beers" and they all taste like they were made by beginners.<<<

      When you look where 'Bud Light' and their keg lager brethren set the bar, you don't need to be a great beer to be a better beer.

  3. Cliff

    Making love in a canoe

    Reminds me of a friend's response to a barman I've been waiting my whole life to use for myself...

    'Looks like rain'

    'Aye' (glug) 'Fuckin' tastes like it too'

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