Life Science News – The researchers of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) create an electronic device that is able to control mind. The device which is put on the head like a helmet has been tested on mouse.
The Mind Control Device is consisted of two circuit boards and an antenna. When it’s tested on mouse, the researcher can control the behavior of the mouse from a distance only by using light. “Light has function to activate specific neuron within neural network,” said a researcher of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT, Christian Wentz.
Innovation that is committed by Wentz and his research team is a part of optogenetics. It combines optic and genetic which is useful in studying the control of cell using light.
In order to control mind, researchers examine specific protein and nerve cell that are sensitive to light stimulation. Protein will be opened when is exposed to light, allowing ion into nerve cell.
By attaching protein at the right point, researchers can turn certain parts of the brain. This method allows them to arise sexual behavior or aggressiveness, which makes animals run in circle.
This mind control device doesn’t use battery as energy source. Wentz utilizes magnetic field to induce the antenna which is attached to the head of mouse. This magnetic induction is the only one that gives power to 16 LED which are placed on the helmet. The light of LED is enough to control certain neuron on their brain.
Software is also planted on the circuit board and connected to a computer. Wentz programs the software so that the blue light shines on the part of brain which controls the activity of mouse. The mouse will move to the left if the blue light is on. “In this way, we can control the movement of a mouse”, he said.
Not only controlling the movement of mouse, the researchers also record all the activities of nerve cell which is exposed to light. This record will be used to uncover the sensitivity of mouse.
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