You may not have to wait until the year 2154 for your own remote-controlled body. Mark Stephen Meadows discusses wetware technology and how the science-fiction of Avatar is quickly becoming science fact.
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During a radio interview in December of 2009, I was asked, "Do you think the vision of Avatar is something we'll see in the future?" I paused for a second and made my Jake Sully wish list. What do we need to make Avatar happen, roughly?
Remote Controlled Mice Today, Remote Controlled Humans Tomorrow [Book Excerpt] (http://gizmodo.com/5708415/todays-rc-mice-are-tomorrows-avatars)