Wireless Micro LED Control Brain

Keep in mind that this technique of mind control only involves mice. . . so far.  Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign have created an optogenetics brain implant that relies on a micro light emitting diode that is implanted in the brain, and a wireless transmitter affixed to the head (connected with an incredibly thin wire) which allows a stimulating impulse to direct mouse behavior. One of the inventors of this system says “The ability to integrate sensors as well as LEDs could enable ‘closed-loop’ control of brain functions, which could be of use for applications in which information must be both observed and read.”   MORE

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