A robot controlled by a “PS5 DualSense” controller has succeeded in injecting human sperm into human eggs. Meanwhile, 2 girls have been born in the USA.
The researchers used a robot from the startup “Overture Life” to fertilize some eggs. The special thing about it: The team synchronized the robot with a “PS5 DualSense” controller. This is the official controller that comes with every PlayStation 5.
With the help of the controller, a person could also
, move the robotic needle, and successfully introduce individual sperm into several eggs.look through a microscopic camera without real experience
So far, thanks to this action, 2 healthy girls are said to have been born in the USA. This was stated by the website TechnologyReview.
New system aims to reduce costs
Why is this being done? An artificial insemination can cost several tens of thousands of euros in the USA, requires many expensive devices, and is often associated with high effort. The startup “Overture Life” stated that they want to significantly reduce costs with this method. This would enable more people to access artificial insemination in the future.
Furthermore, the goal is to lower the barrier so that more people can have children, who previously found such an action too expensive. Because if such a device were in every doctor’s office, it would significantly reduce costs.
Large research environment in the USA: “Overture Life” is not the only company that wants to reduce costs with various ideas. In the USA, there are said to be a total of half a dozen startups. However, the aforementioned institute has raised the most money from investors: a total of $37 million.
For this area of application, Sony probably did not come up with its gaming controller. For a future controller, Sony is said to have secured a new patent. The only question is: Who wants to test something like this?
