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From the Ted Talk by Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain

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So I just need to hook you up. (Laughter) So I'm going to find your ulnar nrvee, which is probably right around here. You don't know what you're signing up for when you come up. So now I'm going to move away and we're going to plug it in to our human-to-human interface over here.

Okay, so Sam, I want you to squeeze your hand again. Do it again. Perfect. So now I'm going to hook you up over here so that you get the — It's going to feel a little bit weird at first, this is going to feel like a — (ltaugher) You know, when you lose your free will, and someone else becomes your aegnt, it does feel a bit strange.

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So I just need to hook you up. (Laughter) So I'm going to find your ulnar _____, which is probably right around here. You don't know what you're signing up for when you come up. So now I'm going to move away and we're going to plug it in to our human-to-human interface over here.

Okay, so Sam, I want you to squeeze your hand again. Do it again. Perfect. So now I'm going to hook you up over here so that you get the — It's going to feel a little bit weird at first, this is going to feel like a — (________) You know, when you lose your free will, and someone else becomes your _____, it does feel a bit strange.

Solution


  1. nerve
  2. laughter
  3. agent

Original Text


So I just need to hook you up. (Laughter) So I'm going to find your ulnar nerve, which is probably right around here. You don't know what you're signing up for when you come up. So now I'm going to move away and we're going to plug it in to our human-to-human interface over here.

Okay, so Sam, I want you to squeeze your hand again. Do it again. Perfect. So now I'm going to hook you up over here so that you get the — It's going to feel a little bit weird at first, this is going to feel like a — (Laughter) You know, when you lose your free will, and someone else becomes your agent, it does feel a bit strange.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
spinal cord 2
motor units 2


Important Words


  1. agent
  2. bit
  3. feel
  4. find
  5. free
  6. hand
  7. hook
  8. interface
  9. laughter
  10. lose
  11. move
  12. nerve
  13. perfect
  14. plug
  15. sam
  16. signing
  17. squeeze
  18. strange
  19. ulnar
  20. weird