Saturday, October 17, 2020

Scientists Control Brain With Light -- No Surgery Required

If I had to place money on a neurotech that will win the Nobel Prize, it’s optogenetics.

The technology uses light of different frequencies to control the brain. It’s a brilliant mind-meld of basic neurobiology and engineering that hijacks the mechanism behind how neurons naturally activate -- or are silenced -- in the brain.

Read the full story here...

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