@damianplayer: MIT students gave AI a body. the camera sees what’s in front of you. you say what you want. the device moves your finge…
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MIT students built a device that gives AI a physical body using a camera and electric pulses to move fingers, enabling tasks like playing piano and drawing, powered by Claude, built in 48 hours.
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MIT students gave AI a body.
the camera sees what’s in front of you. you say what you want.
the device moves your fingers with small electric pulses.
it plays piano without training. it draws what you describe. it mixes a drink while you watch your own arm do it.
the brain is Claude. six people built this in 48 hours.
and this is just the hand.
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