That's pretty cool! Technology is only getting better these days.

I believe they're going to use this tail as a controller for certain games.
I don't see how you could use the tail AS a controller....

Can it press a button? If it can, than it can be used.
That's using it to manipulate a controller, not using it as a controller itself.

Give it a decade or two.
They're already implanted a chip into a paraplegic guy's brain that allows him to move the mouse on a computer.
Now, how that pertains to furries is left as an exersize to the reader
