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Scientists Use Mind-Control to Move Rats Around a Maze

#15 in our top science stories of 2019.

By Bill Andrews
Dec 28, 2019 6:00 PMDec 28, 2019 11:00 PM
How to tell a rat where to go - Jay Smith
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In February, a very real paper ran in Scientific Reports titled, “Human Mind Control of Rat Cyborg’s Continuous Locomotion with Wireless Brain-to-Brain Interface.” It described how existing technology — such as brain-brain interfaces (BBIs) and, incredibly, rat cyborgs — can work together to produce that eye-popping title.

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